HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PHYLUM APHRAGMABACTERIA (MARGULIS AND SCHWARTZ 1982)

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The elevation of this group to phylum level status follows the system of Margulis and Schwartz (1998); however, they place many organisms now recognized as rickettsias in this group. Thus, the organization of the Aphragmabacteria as given here generally follows the system of Garrity et al. (2001 and 2003).

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