A PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF AQUIFEX-PYROPHILUS

被引:200
作者
BURGGRAF, S
OLSEN, GJ
STETTER, KO
WOESE, CR
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT MICROBIOL,131 BURRILL HALL,URBANA,IL 61801
[2] UNIV REGENSBURG,INST BIOCHEM GENET & MIKROBIOL,W-8400 REGENSBURG,GERMANY
关键词
16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA; EVOLUTION; BACTERIA; DEEP BRANCHING; THERMOPHILIC ORIGIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD;
D O I
10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80207-9
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The 16S rRNA of the bacterion Aquifex pyrophilus, a microaerophilic, oxygen-reducing hyperthermophile, has been sequenced directly from the PCR amplified gene. Phylogenetic analyses show the Aq. pyrophilus lineage to be probably the deepest (earliest) in the (eu)bacterial tree. The addition of this deep branching to the bacterial tree further supports the argument that the Bacteria are of thermophilic ancestry.
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