Figure 3

Bayesian consensus trees of cyanobacterial subset using dierent eubacterial outgroups. Six out of 22 phylogenetic trees reconstructed with Bayesian inference. For each tree an outgroup from a different eubacterial phylum was chosen. Posterior probabilities are displayed at the nodes. Green color represents multicellular cyanobacteria from section III, green-yellow gradient covers species from unicellular section I and multicellular section III, and purple depicts all five different morphological sections present in cyanobacteria. The majority of outgroups exhibits a similar tree topology. For further analyses Beggiatoa sp. was selected as an outgroup.