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Planctomycetes

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Planctomycetes is a phylum of bacteria notable for internal membrane-bound compartments, a feature unusual among bacteria and more commonly associated with more complex cells. Members typically reproduce by budding rather than simple cell division, and some species carry out anaerobic ammonium oxidation, a process important to the nitrogen cycle.

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