Phylogenetic analysis of the archaeal order of Sulfolobales based on sequences of 23S rRNA genes and 16S/23S rDNA spacers

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-65

  Trevisanato, Siro I ^a   Larsen, Niels ^b   Segerer, Andreas H ^c   Stetter, Karl O ^c   Garrett, Roger A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

16S 23S intergenic spacer; 23S rRNA; Acidianus brierleyi; Acidianus infernus; Phylogeny; Stygiolobus azoricus; Sulfolobales; Sulfolobus acidocaldarius; Sulfolobus shibatae; Sulfolobus solfataricus

Indexed keywords

ACIDIANUS; ACIDIANUS BRIERLEYI; ACIDIANUS INFERNUS; ARCHAEA; CRENARCHAEOTA; STYGIOLOBUS AZORICUS; SULFOLOBALES; SULFOLOBUS ACIDOCALDARIUS; SULFOLOBUS SHIBATAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; TRANSFER RNA;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029929572     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0723-2020(96)80010-5     Document Type: Article

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