THE PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE HALOALKALIPHILIC ARCHAEON NATRONOBACTERIUM-MAGADII, DETERMINED FROM ITS 23S RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCE

Authors
LODWICK D MCGENITY TJ GRANT WD
Citation
D. Lodwick et al., THE PHYLOGENETIC POSITION OF THE HALOALKALIPHILIC ARCHAEON NATRONOBACTERIUM-MAGADII, DETERMINED FROM ITS 23S RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCE, Systematic and applied microbiology, 17(3), 1994, pp. 402-404
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Systematic and applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07232020
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
402 - 404
Database
ISI
SICI code
0723-2020(1994)17:3<402:TPPOTH>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The nucleotide sequence of the 23S and 5S rRNA genes from the haloalka liphilic archaeon Natronobacterium magadii were determined by analysis of cloned DNA. A phylogenetic tree for the halobacteria was produced by alignment of the 23S rRNA sequence with those of other archaea. Thi s analysis confirms that the genus Natronobacterium forms a distinct l ineage within the halobacteria, and that the halobacterial genera dive rged over a relatively short time interval.