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phyla

[fahy-luh]

noun

  1. plural of phylum.

  2. plural of phylon.



phyla

/ ˈfaɪlə /

noun

  1. the plural of phylum

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"Our results will have a big impact on our picture of the developmental history of one of the oldest phyla on Earth," says Wörheide.

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Ranjan said one field of research in particular has him excited -- phylogenetic microbiology, which uses genome analysis to reconstruct the blueprints of sulfur-using microorganisms believed to represent the oldest phyla on Earth.

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Flatworms and roundworms, two phyla with more than 20,000 species each, have no emoji at all.

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Of the nearly 600 genomes characterized, microbes represented 50 distinct phyla and 18 candidate phyla.

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To do this, the researchers compiled a comprehensive list of non-native species described to date -- there are around 37,000 worldwide -- and grouped them according to biological taxonomy -- from phyla to classes and families.

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