Phyla | 1997 | Current | Representative Species |
---|---|---|---|
Actinobacteria | 6 | 37 | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
Aquificae | 1 | 3 | Aquifex pyrophilus |
Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi | 1 | 8 | Bacteroides fragilis |
Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia | 1 | 8 | Chlamydia trachomatis |
Chloroflexi | 0 | 2 | Dehalococcoides ethenogenes |
Cyanobacteria | 3 | 12 | Anabaena variabilis |
Deinococcus-Thermus | 3 | 5 | Deinococcus radiodurans |
Dictyoglomi | 0 | 1 | Dictyoglomus thermophilum |
Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria | 0 | 2 | Fibrobacter succinogenes |
Firmicutes | 8 | 73 | Bacillus subtilis |
Fusobacteria | 0 | 2 | Fusobacterium nucleatum |
Nitrospirae | 0 | 1 | Thermodesulfovibrio yellowstonii |
Planctomycetes | 0 | 2 | Gemmata obscuriglobus |
Proteobacteria | (39) | (133) | Â |
Alpha | 11 | 30 | Rhodobacter capsulatus |
Beta | 6 | 25 | Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
Delta/Epsilon | 3 | 20 | Campylobacter jejuni |
Gamma | 19 | 58 | Escherichia coli |
Spirochaetes | 1 | 8 | Borrelia burgdorferi |
Thermodesulfobacteria | 0 | 1 | Thermodesulfobacterium commune |
Thermotogae | 1 | 2 | Thermotoga maritima |
Total | 64 | 300 | Â |