The phylogenetic placement of the nonphototrophic, gram-positive thermophile 'thermobaculum terrenum' and branching orders within the phylum 'chloroflexi' inferred from gene order comparisons

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1944-1953

  Kunisawa, Takashi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHLOROFLEXI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GENE ORDER; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOBACULUM TERRENUM; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROFLEXI; CHLOROFLEXI (CLASS); POSIBACTERIA; SPHAEROBACTER THERMOPHILUS; THERMOBACULUM TERRENUM; THERMOMICROBIUM ROSEUM;

CHLOROFLEXI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENE ORDER; HOT TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 79961076345     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.026088-0     Document Type: Article

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