Archaea-like genes for C1-transfer enzymes in Planctomycetes: Phylogenetic implications of their unexpected presence in this phylum

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 571-586

  Bauer, Margarete ^a   Lombardot, Thierry ^a   Teeling, Hanno ^a   Ward, Naomi L ^b   Amann, Rudolf I ^a   Glöckner, Frank O ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Oxidation; Phylogeny; Planctomycetes; Tetrahydromethanopterin

Indexed keywords

METHANOPTERIN; TETRAHYDROMETHANOPTERIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMIDASE; FORMAMIDASE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METHANOSARCINA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEMMATA OBSCURIGLOBUS; LANGAT VIRUS; METHANOSARCINA; METHANOSARCINALES; PIRELLULA; PIRELLULA SP.; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOPIRELLULA BALTICA;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; CATALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, ARCHAEAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METHYLOBACTERIUM EXTORQUENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 12144261269     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-2643-6     Document Type: Article

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