Molecular signatures for the phylum Synergistetes and some of its subclades

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 517-540

  Bhandari, Vaibhav ^a   Gupta, Radhey S ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aminomonas Thermanaerovibrio clade; Conserved indels; Jonquetella Pyramidobacter Dethiosulfovibrio clade; Lateral gene transfers; Molecular signatures; Synergistetes phylogeny and taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING) A; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEIN FTSA; PROTEIN MRAW; PROTEIN NADD; PROTEIN POLA; PROTEIN POLC; PROTEIN PYRE; PROTEIN RADA; PROTEIN RPOC; PROTEIN RPSA; PROTEIN RPSH; PROTEIN UVRD; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLADISTICS; DETHIOSULFOVIBRIO; FERMENTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; INDEL MUTATION; JONQUETELLA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDOBACTER; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNERGISTETES; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

AMINOMONAS; DETHIOSULFOVIBRIO; NEGIBACTERIA; THERMANAEROVIBRIO;

BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INDEL MUTATION; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84874811700     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-012-9759-2     Document Type: Review

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