Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of bacteria belonging to the Ochrobactrum-Brucella group by recA and 16S rRNA gene-based comparative sequence analysis

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-16

  Scholz, Holger C ^a   Al Dahouk, Sascha ^a   Tomaso, Herbert ^a   Neubauer, Heinrich ^b   Witte, Angela ^c   Schloter, Michael ^d   Kämpfer, Peter ^e   Falsen, Enevold ^f   Pfeffer, Martin ^a   Engel, Marion ^g  

^a BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Brucella; Genetic diversity; Ochrobactrum; Phylogeny; recA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BARTONELLA; BRUCELLA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCHROBACTRUM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECA GENE; RHIZOBIUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BRUCELLA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCHROBACTRUM; PHYLOGENY; REC A RECOMBINASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AGROBACTERIUM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BARTONELLA; BRUCELLA; OCHROBACTRUM; OCHROBACTRUM ANTHROPI; OCHROBACTRUM GALLINIFAECIS; OCHROBACTRUM GRIGNONENSE; OCHROBACTRUM INTERMEDIUM; OCHROBACTRUM LUPINI; OCHROBACTRUM TRITICI; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 39949083209     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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