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Sphingobacteria (phylum)
Phylum of bacteria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The FCB group is a superphylum of bacteria named after the main member phyla Fibrobacterota, Chlorobiota, and Bacteroidota. The members are considered to form a clade due to a number of conserved signature indels.[2]
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Domain: | Bacteria |
Clade: | FCB group |
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Sphingobacteria Cavalier-Smith, 1987[1] |
Cavalier-Smith calls the equivalent grouping a phylum by the name of Sphingobacteria. It contains the classes Chlorobiota, Fibrobacterota, Bacteroidota, and Flavobacteria. However, this megaclassification is not followed by the larger scientific community.[3][4][5]
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An analogous situation is seen with the PVC group/Planctobacteria.
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