Phylogenomic analyses and molecular signatures for the class Halobacteria and its two major clades: A proposal for division of the class Halobacteria into an emended order Halobacteriales and two new orders, Haloferacales ord. nov. and Natrialbales ord. nov., containing the novel families Haloferacaceae fam. nov. and Natrialbaceae fam. nov

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1050-1069

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a   Naushad, Sohail ^a   Baker, Sheridan ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MARKER; RIBOSE; RNA 16S; ARCHAEAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLADISTICS; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOFERACALES; INDEL MUTATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NATRIALBALES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; ARCHAEAL GENE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIALES; PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENES, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIALES; INDEL MUTATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84925321451     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.070136-0     Document Type: Article

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