A phylogenomic and molecular markers based analysis of the phylum Chlamydiae: proposal to divide the class Chlamydiia into two orders, Chlamydiales and Parachlamydiales ord. nov., and emended description of the class Chlamydiia

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 765-781

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a   Naushad, Sohail ^a   Chokshi, Chirayu ^a   Griffiths, Emma ^a   Adeolu, Mobolaji ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Character compatibility; Chlamydiae; Chlamydiales; Conserved signature indel; Conserved signature protein; Parachlamydiales; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

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

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIALES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIBLAMYDIACEAE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDEL MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; PARACHLAMYDIALES; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMKANIACEAE; WADDLIACEAE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDIAE; CHLAMYDIALES; CHLAMYDOPHILA; PARACHLAMYDIACEAE; RHABDOCHLAMYDIACEAE; SIMKANIACEAE; WADDLIACEAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHLAMYDIALES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84938745848     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-015-0532-1     Document Type: Article

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