title: Acidobacteria phylum sequences in uranium-contaminated subsurface sediments greatly expand the known diversity within the phylum.
abstract: The abundance and composition of bacteria of the phylum Acidobacteria were surveyed in subsurface sediments from uranium-contaminated sites using amplification of 16S rRNA genes followed by clone/sequence analysis. Analysis of sequences from this study and public databases produced a revised and greatly expanded phylogeny of the Acidobacteria phylum consisting of 26 subgroups.
authors.affiliation: Bioscience Division, M888, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Barns
authors.forename: Elizabeth C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Cain
authors.forename: Leslie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sommerville
authors.forename: Cheryl R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Kuske
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D044822:Biodiversity; D003120:Colorado; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D015723:Gene Library; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000032:analysis; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013714:Tennessee; D014501:Uranium / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D014501:Uranium