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Towards a balanced view of the bacterial tree of life.

ABSTRACT: The bacterial tree of life has recently undergone significant expansion, chiefly from candidate phyla retrieved through genome-resolved metagenomics. Bypassing the need for genome availability, we present a snapshot of bacterial phylogenetic diversity based on the recovery of high-quality SSU rRNA gene sequences extracted from nearly 7000 metagenomes and all available reference genomes. We illuminate taxonomic richness within established bacterial phyla together with environmental distribution patterns, providing a revised framework for future phylogeny-driven sequencing efforts.

SUBMITTER: Schulz F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5644168 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Towards a balanced view of the bacterial tree of life.

Schulz Frederik F Eloe-Fadrosh Emiley A EA Bowers Robert M RM Jarett Jessica J Nielsen Torben T Ivanova Natalia N NN Kyrpides Nikos C NC Woyke Tanja T

Microbiome 20171017 1

The bacterial tree of life has recently undergone significant expansion, chiefly from candidate phyla retrieved through genome-resolved metagenomics. Bypassing the need for genome availability, we present a snapshot of bacterial phylogenetic diversity based on the recovery of high-quality SSU rRNA gene sequences extracted from nearly 7000 metagenomes and all available reference genomes. We illuminate taxonomic richness within established bacterial phyla together with environmental distribution p ...[more]

PMID: 29041958

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