title: Phylogenetic analysis of the pathogenic anaerobe Clostridium perfringens using the 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence.
abstract: Clostridium perfringens, the first pathogenic clostridium examined, was placed in the nonmycoplasma subgroup of the low-dG+dC-content gram-positive cluster on the basis of the results of a phylogenetic analysis in which we used 16S rRNA comparisons. The closest relative that has been identified to date is Clostridium pasteurianum.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Canard
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Garnier
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lafay
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Christen
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Cole
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S