Extremely acidophilic protists from acid mine drainage host Rickettsiales-lineage endosymbionts that have intervening sequences in their 16S rRNA genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5512-5518

  Baker, Brett J ^a   Hugenholtz, Philip ^a   Dawson, Scott C ^a   Banfield, Jillian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GENES; RNA; VISUALIZATION;

GENE SEQUENCES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RNA 16S;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDOPHILY; BACTERIUM; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTIST;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACID MINE DRAINAGE; ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANDIDATUS CAPTIVUS ACIDIPROTISTAE; CYTOSOL; ENDOSYMBIONT; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; INTRON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PH; RICKETTSIALES;

BASE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MINING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PHYLOGENY; RICKETTSIEAE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

UNITED STATES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS CAPTIVUS ACIDIPROTISTAE; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 0141592793     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5512-5518.2003     Document Type: Article

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