Correction to: Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera (Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, (2018), 111, 9, (1583-1630), 10.1007/s10482-018-1047-3);Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 1583-1630

  Gupta, Radhey S ^a   Sawnani, Sahil ^a   Adeolu, Mobolaji ^a   Alnajar, Seema ^a   Oren, Aharon ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Conserved signature indels; Eperythrozoon; Haemobartonella; Molecular signatures; Mycoplasma; Order Mycoplasmatales; Phylogenomic studies; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Tenericutes

Indexed keywords

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

16S RRNA GENE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC RELATEDNESS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA BOVIS; MYCOPLASMA CYNOS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA HYOPNEUMONIAE; MYCOPLASMA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENOMICS; POLYPHYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RPOA GENE; RPOB GENE; RPOC GENE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA DIMINUTUM; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; INDEL MUTATION; MOLLICUTES; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; INDEL MUTATION; MYCOPLASMA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENERICUTES;

EID: 85046036093     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-018-1175-9     Document Type: Erratum

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