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Evolutionary relationships among sulfur- and iron-oxidizing eubacteria.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 174 ·No. 1 ·1992-01-00 ·Pages 269-78

Lane DJ, Harrison AP, Stahl D, Pace B, Giovannoni SJ, Olsen GJ, Pace NR

Abstract

Some 37 reverse transcriptase, partial 16S rRNA sequences from sulfur- and/or iron-oxidizing eubacteria, including sequences from species of the genera Thiobacillus, Thiothrix, Thiomicrospira, Acidophilium, "Leptospirillum," Thiovulum, and Chlorobium, have been determined. In addition, 16S sequences from a number of unnamed sulfur- and/or iron-oxidizing bacteria from hydrothermal vent sites, from invertebrate-bacterial endosymbioses, and from various mineral recovery operations also have been determined. The majority of sequences place their bacterial donors in one or another of the subdivisions of the Proteobacteria. However, three unnamed facultatively thermophilic iron-oxidizing isolates, Alv, BC, and TH3, are affiliated with the gram-positive division. One H2S-oxidizer, from the genus Thiovulum, is affiliated with Campylobacter, Wolinella, and other genera in what appears to be a new subdivision of the Proteobacteria. Three "Leptospirillum"-helical vibrioid isolates, BU-1, LfLa, and Z-2, exhibit no clear phylum level affiliation at all, other than their strong relationship to each other. A picture is emerging of an evolutionary widespread capacity for sulfur and/or iron oxidation among the eubacteria.

MeSH Terms
Bacteria/classification,genetics Biological Evolution Campylobacter/classification,genetics Iron/metabolism Molecular Sequence Data RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/classification,genetics Sulfur/metabolism Thiobacillus/classification,genetics
Chemicals
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S Sulfur Iron
Authors & Affiliations
7 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Lane D J
Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.
Harrison A P
Stahl D
Pace B
Giovannoni S J
Olsen G J
Pace N R
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.174.1.269-278.1992
Published
1992-01-00
Pages
269-78
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC205705
Subset
IM
Grants
NIGMS NIH HHS · R01 GM34527 · United States
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