A prokaryote with a membrane inside the cell
A new species of bacteria classified as a new phylum, the RT761 strain, was cultured and isolated over a period of five years. Unlike common prokaryotes, a "membrane" inside the cell surrounds the genomic DNA of this bacterium. It was also proved that the RT761 strain is a new bacterial species at the "phylum" level, the highest taxonomic rank of prokaryotes. Therefore, Atribacterota was proposed as the new phylum representing this strain, and the new species Atribacter laminatus was proposed as the scientific name for the RT761 strain, and this nomenclature was formally validated.