THE HALOALKALIPHILIC ARCHAEON (ARCHAEBACTERIUM) NATRONOCOCCUS-OCCULTUS REPRESENTS A DISTINCT LINEAGE WITHIN THE HALOBACTERIALES, MOST CLOSELY-RELATED TO THE OTHER HALOALKALIPHILIC LINEAGE (NATRONOBACTERIUM)

Authors
MCGENITY TJ GRANT WD
Citation
Tj. Mcgenity et Wd. Grant, THE HALOALKALIPHILIC ARCHAEON (ARCHAEBACTERIUM) NATRONOCOCCUS-OCCULTUS REPRESENTS A DISTINCT LINEAGE WITHIN THE HALOBACTERIALES, MOST CLOSELY-RELATED TO THE OTHER HALOALKALIPHILIC LINEAGE (NATRONOBACTERIUM), Systematic and applied microbiology, 16(2), 1993, pp. 239-243
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Systematic and applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07232020
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
239 - 243
Database
ISI
SICI code
0723-2020(1993)16:2<239:THA(N>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The 16S rRNA gene from the alkaliphilic halobacterium Natronococcus oc cultus was sequenced directly following PCR amplification. Comparisons with 16S rDNA sequences from four additional halobacteria and four ot her archaea indicate that Natronococcus occultus represents a distinct lineage within the halobacteria. It is most closely related to Natron obacterium magadii (92.1% similarity). The secondary structure of the 16S rRNA from Natronococcus occultus closely resembles those of other halobacteria except for the variable region between positions 119-153.