If this holds up, it will continue the bacteria's remarkable expansion. They started with just 11 phyla back in 1987, and most recent estimates now say that there are 30 bacterial phyla on the planet.

Researchers can now detect and identify many of the different species of bacteria in your gut — not just phylum, class, order, family or genus. But, that's created a new problem, Pollard says.

Global metagenomic survey reveals a new bacterial candidate phylum in geothermal springs. Nature Communications , 2016; 7: 10476 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10476 Cite This Page : ...

The soil under our feet is teeming with mysterious life forms – possibly more than any other habitat on Earth. Scientists have now identified a whole new phylum of bacteria, which is abundant ...

In 1996, researchers first identified one such bug, which they dubbed Candidate Phylum TM6. The bacteria seemed to pervade the world's water systems. To identify the mysterious bacteria, ...

They found an increase in bacteria belonging to a group called the Proteobacteria phylum and a decrease in bacteria belonging to the Actinobacteria phylum in the food-addicted mice.

These mice also had a decrease in the amount of another type of bacteria called Blautia from the Bacillota phylum. The researchers used the YFAS to classify 88 patients into those who were ...

The genome of mysterious bacteria that lurk in hospital drains has been sequenced. Low levels of the bacteria, known only as candidate phylum TM6, have been found in water systems around the world ...