Root of bacterial tree?

Bacterial Taxonomy
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Hello,

What is considered to be the root of the bacterial tree for GTDB release 202?

Thanks,

Kate Shulgina

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Hi. The GTDB reference tree should be treated as unrooted. If your question is in regards to calculating RED, we use an operational definition which uses the median RED value over a set of plausible rootings (see https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.4229 for details).