Molecular signatures for the phylum Aquificae and its different clades: Proposal for division of the phylum Aquificae into the emended order Aquificales, containing the families Aquificaceae and Hydrogenothermaceae, and a new order Desulfurobacteriales ord. nov., containing the family Desulfurobacteriaceae

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-368

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a   Lali, Ricky ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquificae taxonomy; Aquificales; Conserved signature indels; Hyperthermophiles; Molecular signatures; Order Desulfurobacteriales

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; RNA 16S; SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AQUIFICACEAE; AQUIFICAE; AQUIFICALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CLADISTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVED SIGNATURE INDEL; DESULFUROBACTERIACEAE; DESULFUROBACTERIALES; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; HYDROGENOTHERMACEAE; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION;

AQUIFICACEAE; AQUIFICAE; AQUIFICAE (CLASS); AQUIFICALES; HYDROGENOTHERMACEAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84882266009     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-013-9957-6     Document Type: Article

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