title: Suprageneric classification of thermoactinomyces vulgaris by nucleotide sequencing of 5S ribosomal RNA.
abstract: The 5S rRNA nucleotide sequence of Thermoactinomyces vulgaris was determined and compared with published sequences of representative Gram-positive bacteria. The primary and secondary structure of the sequence is of the type characteristic of Gram-positive bacteria that have DNA with a low proportion of guanine plus cytosine. It was evident from the phylogenetic trees that T. vulgaris has little in common with actinomycetes but is related to the genus Bacillus, showing a moderately high relationship with B. stearothermophilus. The taxonomic implications of these relationships are discussed and an emended description of the family Bacillaceae is given.
authors.affiliation: Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kho
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Mheen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodfellow
mesh_terms: D001406:Bacillaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D008848:Micromonosporaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012341:RNA, Ribosomal, 5S