DESULFURELLA ACETIVORANS, A THERMOPHILIC, ACETATE-OXIDIZING AND SULFUR-REDUCING ORGANISM, REPRESENTS A DISTINCT LINEAGE WITHIN THE PROTEOBACTERIA

Authors
RAINEY FA TOALSTER R STACKEBRANDT E
Citation
Fa. Rainey et al., DESULFURELLA ACETIVORANS, A THERMOPHILIC, ACETATE-OXIDIZING AND SULFUR-REDUCING ORGANISM, REPRESENTS A DISTINCT LINEAGE WITHIN THE PROTEOBACTERIA, Systematic and applied microbiology, 16(3), 1993, pp. 373-379
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Systematic and applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07232020
Volume
16
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
373 - 379
Database
ISI
SICI code
0723-2020(1993)16:3<373:DAATAA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The phylogenetic position of Desulfurella acetivorans was determined b y comparative 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Its branching point appeared to be equidistant to members of the four currently recognized subclas ses of Proteobacteria and the Wolinella/Campylobacter group for which the epsilon subclass has been tentatively proposed. The branching orde r was recoverable by different treeing algorithms and the remote relat ionship between Desulfurella acetivorans and Wolinella and its relativ es supported by certain common sequence properties. 16S rDNA/RNA signa ture nucleotides are provided for the epsilon (epsilon) subclass of Pr oteobacteria that should establish this taxon in microbial systematics .