A phylogenomic reappraisal of family-level divisions within the class Halobacteria: proposal to divide the order Halobacteriales into the families Halobacteriaceae, Haloarculaceae fam. nov., and Halococcaceae fam. nov., and the order Haloferacales into the families, Haloferacaceae and Halorubraceae fam nov.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 565-587

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a   Naushad, Sohail ^a   Fabros, Reena ^a   Adeolu, Mobolaji ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conserved signature indel; Conserved signature protein; Halobacteria; Halobacteriales; Haloferacales; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HALOARCULA; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOCOCCUS; HALOFERAX; HALORUBRUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INDEL MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; RNA 16S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOBACTERIALES; INDEL MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84961262915     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-016-0660-2     Document Type: Article

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