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A phylogenetic analysis of the mycoplasmas: basis for their classification.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 171 ·No. 12 ·1989-12-00 ·Pages 6455-67

Weisburg WG, Tully JG, Rose DL, Petzel JP, Oyaizu H, Yang D, Mandelco L, Sechrest J, Lawrence TG, Van Etten J

Abstract

Small-subunit rRNA sequences were determined for almost 50 species of mycoplasmas and their walled relatives, providing the basis for a phylogenetic systematic analysis of these organisms. Five groups of mycoplasmas per se were recognized (provisional names are given): the hominis group (which included species such as Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma lipophilum, Mycoplasma pulmonis, and Mycoplasma neurolyticum), the pneumoniae group (which included species such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Mycoplasma muris), the spiroplasma group (which included species such as Mycoplasma mycoides, Spiroplasma citri, and Spiroplasma apis), the anaeroplasma group (which encompassed the anaeroplasmas and acholeplasmas), and a group known to contain only the isolated species Asteroleplasma anaerobium. In addition to these five mycoplasma groups, a sixth group of variously named gram-positive, walled organisms (which included lactobacilli, clostridia, and other organisms) was also included in the overall phylogenetic unit. In each of these six primary groups, subgroups were readily recognized and defined. Although the phylogenetic units identified by rRNA comparisons are difficult to recognize on the basis of mutually exclusive phenotypic characters alone, phenotypic justification can be given a posteriori for a number of them.

MeSH Terms
Base Sequence Molecular Sequence Data Mycoplasma/classification,genetics Nucleic Acid Conformation Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal/genetics Species Specificity
Chemicals
RNA, Ribosomal
Authors & Affiliations
10 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Weisburg W G
Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801.
Tully J G
Rose D L
Petzel J P
Oyaizu H
Yang D
Mandelco L
Sechrest J
Lawrence T G
Van Etten J
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.171.12.6455-6467.1989
Published
1989-12-00
Pages
6455-67
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC210534
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · AI 22910 · United States
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PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.12.6455-6467.1989 PMC Full Text View journal details
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