Farnesyl diphosphate synthase gene of three phototrophic bacteria and its use as a phylogenetic marker

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1953-1960

  Cantera, Jose Jason L ^a   Kawasaki, Hiroko ^a   Seki, Tatsuji ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Farnesyl diphosphate synthase; Gene sequence; Non phototrophic bacteria; Phototrophic bacteria; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; CAROTENOID; GERANYLTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR MARKER; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GERANYLTRANSTRANSFERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM USDA 110; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; MESORHIZOBIUM; MESORHIZOBIUM LOTI MAFF303099; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; RHIZOBIUM; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOBACTER SPHAEROIDES; RHODOVULUM SULFIDOPHILUM;

EID: 0036866530     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02148-0     Document Type: Article

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