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SUBMITTER: Di Rienzi SC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3787301 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Di Rienzi Sara C SC Sharon Itai I Wrighton Kelly C KC Koren Omry O Hug Laura A LA Thomas Brian C BC Goodrich Julia K JK Bell Jordana T JT Spector Timothy D TD Banfield Jillian F JF Ley Ruth E RE
eLife 20131001
Cyanobacteria were responsible for the oxygenation of the ancient atmosphere; however, the evolution of this phylum is enigmatic, as relatives have not been characterized. Here we use whole genome reconstruction of human fecal and subsurface aquifer metagenomic samples to obtain complete genomes for members of a new candidate phylum sibling to Cyanobacteria, for which we propose the designation 'Melainabacteria'. Metabolic analysis suggests that the ancestors to both lineages were non-photosynth ...[more]