Unit 8: Rare and Uncultured Microbes LECTURE LEARNING GOALS 1. Describe the phyla containing rare bacteria: Deinococcus/Thermus, Chlamydia & Planctomycetes. 2. Describe the sequencing methods used to understand uncultured microbes. Explain the Eocyte hypothesis and how this model differs from the three domain tree of life. 3. For the cultured microbes, describe major characteristics for the 13 bacterial phyla, and explain why some microbe remain uncultivated. 6