COMPARISON OF 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENES WITHIN THE T960 AND PARVO BIOVARS OF UREAPLASMAS ISOLATED FROM HUMANS

Citation
Ja. Robertson et al., COMPARISON OF 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENES WITHIN THE T960 AND PARVO BIOVARS OF UREAPLASMAS ISOLATED FROM HUMANS, International journal of systematic bacteriology, 44(4), 1994, pp. 836-838
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
ISSN journal
00207713
Volume
44
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
836 - 838
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7713(1994)44:4<836:CO1RGW>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Two-by-two sequence alignment revealed that the levels of homology bet ween 16S rRNA gene sequences of strains belonging to the two biovars o f Ureaplasma urealyticum (class Mollicutes) ranged from 98.5 to 98.9%. Within the biovars, three serovars of the T960 biovar exhibited level s of homology of greater than or equal to 99.7%, and the four serovars of the parvo biovar exhibited levels of homology of greater than or e qual to 99.7%. A dendrogram of the Mycoplasma pneumoniae-Ureaplasma cl ade of the Mollicutes reflected the distinctiveness of the biovars.