Sequence heterogeneities among 16S ribosomal RNA sequences, and their effect on phylogenetic analyses at the species level

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 451-461

  Cilia, Valérie ^a   Lafay, Bénédicte ^a   Christen, Richard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Escherichia coli; phylogeny; rrn operons

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; GENE CONVERSION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ENTEROBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIUM;

EID: 0030024243     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025606     Document Type: Article

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