Chen, Zhiyi


Publications
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New globally distributed bacterial phyla within the FCB superphylum

Citation
Gong et al. (2022). Nature Communications 13 (1)
Names
“Blakebacteria” “Joyebacteria” “Arandabacterum” “Blakebacterales” “Joyebacterales” “Orphanbacterota” “Blakebacteraceae” “Joyebacteraceae” “Orphanbacteria” “Blakebacterum” “Joyebacterum” “Orphanbacterales” “Blakebacterum guaymasense” “Joyebacterum haimaense” “Orphanbacteraceae” “Blakebacterota” “Arandabacterum bohaiense” “Orphanbacterum” “Arandabacteria” “Arandabacterales” “Arandabacterota” “Arandabacteraceae” “Joyebacterota” “Orphanbacterum longqiense”
Abstract
AbstractMicrobes in marine sediments play crucial roles in global carbon and nutrient cycling. However, our understanding of microbial diversity and physiology on the ocean floor is limited. Here, we use phylogenomic analyses of thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from coastal and deep-sea sediments to identify 55 MAGs that are phylogenetically distinct from previously described bacterial phyla. We propose that these MAGs belong to 4 novel bacterial phyla (Blakebacterota, Orphanbact