PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE GENERA RHODOCOCCUS AND NOCARDIA AND EVIDENCE FOR THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF THE GENUS NOCARDIA FROM WITHIN THE RADIATION OF RHODOCOCCUS SPECIES

被引:107
作者
RAINEY, FA [1 ]
BURGHARDT, J [1 ]
KROPPENSTEDT, RM [1 ]
KLATTE, S [1 ]
STACKEBRANDT, E [1 ]
机构
[1] DEUTSCH SAMMLUNG MIKROORGANISMEN & ZELLKULTUREN,D-38124 BRAUNSCHWEIG,GERMANY
来源
MICROBIOLOGY-UK | 1995年 / 141卷
关键词
16S RDNA SEQUENCES; PHYLOGENY; NOCARDIA; RHODOCOCCUS; CMN GROUP OF ACTINOMYCETALES;
D O I
10.1099/13500872-141-2-523
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
16S rDNA analysis was performed on 32 strains of 26 species of the genera Rhodococcus and Nocardia in order to investigate the phylogenetic structure of these genera within the radiation of other mycolic-acid-containing genera such as Corynebacterium, Dietzia, Gordona, Mycobacterium and Tsukamurella. The genus Rhodococcus shows a complex structure, consisting of six phylogenetically equidistant lineages. The genus Nocardia does not appear to be a sister taxon of Rhodococcus but branches off from within the radiation of Rhodococcus; thus its species can be considered to be derived from a Rhodococcus ancestor. The main known phenotypic feature that separates Nocardia species from those of Rhodococcus appears to be the presence of a cyclic component in menaquinone of the MK-8(H-4) type.
引用
收藏
页码:523 / 528
页数:6
相关论文
共 43 条
  • [1] THE RELATIONSHIP OF CERTAIN BRANCHED BACTERIAL GENERA
    BISSET, KA
    MOORE, FW
    [J]. JOURNAL OF GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY, 1949, 3 (03): : 387 - &
  • [2] BOUSFIELD IJ, 1976, BIOL NOCARDIAE, P39
  • [3] BRADLEY S G, 1971, Advancing Frontiers of Plant Sciences, V28, P349
  • [4] Bradley S G, 1974, Adv Appl Microbiol, V18, P131, DOI 10.1016/S0065-2164(08)70571-9
  • [5] BRADLEY SG, 1976, BIOL NOCARDIAE, P310
  • [6] BROSIUS J, 1978, P NATL ACAD SCI USA, V75, P4801, DOI 10.1073/pnas.75.10.4801
  • [7] TSUKAMURELLA GEN-NOV HARBORING CORYNEBACTERIUM-PAUROMETABOLUM AND RHODOCOCCUS-AURANTIACUS
    COLLINS, MD
    SMIDA, J
    DORSCH, M
    STACKEBRANDT, E
    [J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY, 1988, 38 (04): : 385 - 391
  • [8] PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FOR THE TRANSFER OF CASEOBACTER-POLYMORPHUS (CROMBACH) TO THE GENUS CORYNEBACTERIUM
    COLLINS, MD
    SMIDA, J
    STACKEBRANDT, E
    [J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY, 1989, 39 (01): : 7 - 9
  • [9] THERMAL-STABILITY AND RENATURATION OF DNA IN DIMETHYLSULFOXIDE SOLUTIONS - ACCELERATION OF THE RENATURATION RATE
    ESCARA, JF
    HUTTON, JR
    [J]. BIOPOLYMERS, 1980, 19 (07) : 1315 - 1327
  • [10] GOODFELLOW M, 1977, J GEN MICROBIOL, V100, P99, DOI 10.1099/00221287-100-1-99