A major clade of prokaryotes with ancient adaptations to life on land

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 335-343

  Battistuzzi, Fabia U ^a,b   Hedges, S Blair ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Hydrobacteria; Molecular clock; Phylogeny; Terrabacteria

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); CYANOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; FIRMICUTES; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TERRABACTERIA;

EID: 58449108616     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn247     Document Type: Article

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