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Timed
Branched off about 3.3 billion years ago · the last 79% of life's story
Named
≈100 named living species · 0.006% of all named
Weighed
Part of Bacteria (≈70 Gt C), not measured separately.

Bacteria

Chloroflexi

Living · roughly 100 described species

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A full profile for this group has not been written yet. Its place in the tree and its dates are shown below.

Branched off
About 3.3 billion years ago (approximate)
Parent lineage
Terrabacteria

Classification

  1. First common ancestor (LUCA)
  2. › Bacteria
  3. › Terrabacteria
  4. › Chloroflexi

Sources