Candidate phyla radiation (also referred to as CPR group) is a large evolutionary radiation of bacterial lineages whose members are mostly uncultivated and only known from metagenomics and single cell sequencing. They have been described as nanobacteria or ultra-small bacteria due to their reduced size (nanometric) compared to other bacteria. Originally, it has been suggested that CPR represents over 15% of all bacterial diversity and may consist of more than 70 different phyla.[1] However, a recently proposed standardized bacterial taxonomy based on relative evolutionary divergence found that CPR represents a single phylum.[2] CPR lineages are generally characterized as having small genomes and lacking several biosynthetic pathways and ribosomal proteins. This has led to the speculation that they are likely obligate symbionts.[3][4]
Earlier work proposed a superphylum called Patescibacteria which encompassed several phyla later attributed to the CPR group.[5] Therefore, Patescibacteria and CPR are often used as synonyms.[6]
| Candidate phyla radiation | |
|---|---|
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| Representation of a bacterium of this phylum. | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| (unranked): | Bacteria candidate phyla |
| Infrakingdom: | Candidate phyla radiation |
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