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Phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA sequences showing the position of epixenosomes within the major lineages of Bacteria. The shown tree is derived from an optimized global tree reconstructed from more than 10,000 aligned SSU rRNA sequences belonging to all three domains using various treeing programs included in the arb package.
