THE SEQUENCE OF THE SINGLE 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENE OF THE THERMOPHILICEUBACTERIUM-RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS REVEALS A DISTANT RELATIONSHIP TO THE GROUP CONTAINING FLEXIBACTER, BACTEROIDES, AND CYTOPHAGA SPECIES

Authors
ANDRESSON OS FRIDJONSSON OH
Citation
Os. Andresson et Oh. Fridjonsson, THE SEQUENCE OF THE SINGLE 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENE OF THE THERMOPHILICEUBACTERIUM-RHODOTHERMUS MARINUS REVEALS A DISTANT RELATIONSHIP TO THE GROUP CONTAINING FLEXIBACTER, BACTEROIDES, AND CYTOPHAGA SPECIES, Journal of bacteriology, 176(20), 1994, pp. 6165-6169
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of bacteriology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219193
Volume
176
Issue
20
Year of publication
1994
Pages
6165 - 6169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(1994)176:20<6165:TSOTS1>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Rhodothermus marinus, a gram-negative heterotrophic marine thermophile , has been the subject of several recent studies. Isolation, sequencin g, and analyses of a 16S rRNA gene have shown that R. marinus diverges sharply from major bacterial phyla and is most closely allied to the Flexibacter-Cytophaga-Bacteroides group. Further analyses revealed tha t the R. marinus chromosome contains a single rRNA operon with a 16S-2 3S intergenic region coding for tRNA(Ile) and tRNA(Ala).