FIG 1 .

Phylogenetic tree constructed with a concatenated alignment of protein sequences from five conserved essential single-copy genes (represented by TIGR01391, TIGR01011, TIGR00663, TIGR00460, and TIGR00362) that were recovered in all Verrucomicrobia MAGs. ME, TE, and TH MAGs are labeled with red, green, and blue, respectively. Genome ID in IMG or NCBI is indicated in the bracket. The outgroup is Kiritimatiella glycovorans L21-Fru-AB, which was initially assigned to subdivision 5, but this subdivision was recently proposed as a novel sister phylum to Verrucomicrobia (67).