16S RIBOSOMAL DNA-SEQUENCE IDENTITIES OF BETA-PROTEOBACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS IN 3 CRITHIDIA SPECIES

Authors
DU YB MCLAUGHLIN G CHANG KP
Citation
Yb. Du et al., 16S RIBOSOMAL DNA-SEQUENCE IDENTITIES OF BETA-PROTEOBACTERIAL ENDOSYMBIONTS IN 3 CRITHIDIA SPECIES, Journal of bacteriology, 176(10), 1994, pp. 3081-3084
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219193
Volume
176
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3081 - 3084
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(1994)176:10<3081:1RDIOB>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The 16S ribosomal DNA sequences of endosymbionts from the trypanosomat id protozoa (Crithidia spp.) are most homologous to that of Bordetella spp. This finding extends the polyphyletic origin of endosymbionts fo r the first time to the beta Proteobacteria. Biased base transitions a nd compensatory mutations of the symbionts' sequences that may contrib ute to their identity in the three Crithidia spp. are noted.