Phylogenetic position of the menaquinone-containing acidophilic chemo-organotroph Acidobacterium capsulatum.
The phylogenetic position of an acidophilic chemo-organotrophic menaquinone-containing bacterium, Acidobacterium capsulatum, was studied on the basis of 16S rRNA gene sequence information. A. capsulatum showed the highest level of sequence similarity to Heliobacterium chlorum, a member of the Gram-positive group, yet this level was only 81%. Distance matrix tree analysis suggested that A. capsulatum belongs to a unique lineage deeply branching from the Chlamydia-Planctomyces group or from the Gram-positive line.
Hiraishi
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Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Konishi Co., Tokyo, Japan.
Kishimoto
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Kosako
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Wakao
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Tano
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D001483:Base Sequence; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006091:Gram-Negative Chemolithotrophic Bacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000737:chemistry; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000096:biosynthesis
D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014812:Vitamin K