DNA SIMILARITY ANALYSIS OF A PUTATIVE ANCIENT BACTERIAL ISOLATE OBTAINED FROM AMBER

Authors
YOUSTEN AA RIPPERE KE
Citation
Aa. Yousten et Ke. Rippere, DNA SIMILARITY ANALYSIS OF A PUTATIVE ANCIENT BACTERIAL ISOLATE OBTAINED FROM AMBER, FEMS microbiology letters, 152(2), 1997, pp. 345-347
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
152
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
345 - 347
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1997)152:2<345:DSAOAP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Bacterial isolate BCA16, a putatively ancient bacterium apparently rec overed from the abdominal contents of an insect preserved in amber, wa s identified by DNA similarity analysis as belonging to similarity gro up III of the Bacillus sphaericus complex. Thus, it is closely related to strains of this species frequently isolated from soil. Although so me strains of B. sphaericus are pathogenic for mosquito larvae, isolat e BCA16 is nonpathogenic.