16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENE SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZATION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF A DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN-DEGRADING ISOLATE WITHIN THE NEW GENUS SPHINGOMONAS

Authors
MOORE ERB WITTICH RM FORTNAGEL P TIMMIS KN
Citation
Erb. Moore et al., 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENE SEQUENCE CHARACTERIZATION AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF A DIBENZO-P-DIOXIN-DEGRADING ISOLATE WITHIN THE NEW GENUS SPHINGOMONAS, Letters in applied microbiology, 17(3), 1993, pp. 115-118
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
115 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1993)17:3<115:1RGSCA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Partial 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons have been used to determine the phylogenetic placement of the Elbe River isolate RW1, the first d escribed bacterium capable of complete mineralization of dibenzo-p-dio xin. Sequence similarities, cluster analysis and signature positions d emonstrate that RW1 groups with other species of Sphingomonas as a dis tinct, new species of this genus.