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phy·la

 (fī′lə)
n.
Plural of phylum.
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phyla

(ˈfaɪlə)
n
(Linguistics) the plural of phylum
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phy•lum

(ˈfaɪ ləm)

n., pl. -la (-lə).
1. the primary subdivision of a taxonomic kingdom, grouping together all classes of organisms that have the same body plan.
2. a category consisting of language stocks that, because of cognates in vocabulary, are considered likely to be related by common origin.
[1875–80; < New Latin < Greek phŷlon group with common ancestry, tribe, akin to phyein to bring forth, produce, be]
phy′lar, adj.
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According to the present study three bacterial phyla were identified: Verrucomicrobia (10%), Bacteroidetes (40%) and Proteobacteria (50%).
The dataset was divided into the following groups based on the classifications: Archaea, Bacteria, Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, Acidobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Chloroflexi, and the collected "minor phyla" of bacteria that comprised sequences not assigned to any of the aforementioned phyla.
There are many brilliant, high quality color figures including photographs of representative examples of most phyla as well as informative color graphs and diagrams.
Thus, additional knowledge of invertebrate C values, including that of the less well-known minor phyla, is required.