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A phylogenetic analysis of the myxobacteria: basis for their classificationThe primary sequence and secondary structural features of the 16S rRNA were compared for 12 different myxobacteria representing all the known cultivated genera. Analysis of these data show the myxobacteria to form a monophyletic grouping consisting of three distinct families, which lies within the delta subdivision of the purple bacterial phylum. The composition of the families is consistent with differences in cell and spore morphology, cell behavior, and pigment and secondary metabolite production but is not correlated with the morphological complexity of the fruiting bodies. The Nannocystis exedens lineage has evolved at an unusually rapid pace and its rRNA shows numerous primary and secondary structural idiosyncrasies.
Document ID
20050000590
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Shimkets, L.
(University of Georgia Athens 30602)
Woese, C. R.
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
October 15, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume: 89
Issue: 20
ISSN: 0027-8424
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Non-NASA Center
NASA Discipline Exobiology

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