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A partial phylogenetic analysis of the "flavobacter-bacteroides" phylum: basis for taxonomic restructuringOn the basis of small subunit rRNA sequence analyses five major subgroups within the flavobacteria-bacteroides phylum have been defined. These are tentatively designated the cytophaga subgroup (comprising largely Cytophaga species), the flavobacter subgroup (comprising the true flavobacteria and the polyphyletic genus Weeksella), the bacteroides subgroup (comprising the bacteroides and certain cytophaga-like bacteria), the sphingobacter subgroup (which contains the known sphingolipid-producing members of the phylum), and the saprospira subgroup (comprising particular species of Flexibacter, Flavobacterium, Haliscomenobacter, and, of course, the genus Saprospira). These groupings are given not only by evolutionary distance analysis, but can be defined and distinguished on the basis of a simple small subunit rRNA signatures.
Document ID
20040089275
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Gherna, R.
(American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, MD 20852, United States)
Woese, C. R.
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Systematic and applied microbiology
Volume: 15
Issue: 4
ISSN: 0723-2020
Subject Category
Exobiology
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DIR8-920063
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Discipline Exobiology
Non-NASA Center

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