Open AccessPhylogenetic position of Chitinophaga pinensis in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum
Author(s) -
Lindsay I. Sly,
Seyed Mohsen Taghavi,
Mark Fegan
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
international journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1466-5034
pISSN - 1466-5026
DOI - 10.1099/00207713-49-2-479
Subject(s) - cytophaga , biology , phylum , flavobacterium , lineage (genetic) , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , bacteroides , bacteria , pseudomonas , gene , genetics
Comparison of the 16S rRNA gene sequence determined for Chitinophaga pinensis showed that this species is most closely related to Flexibacter filiformis in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum. These two chitinolytic bacteria, which are characterized by transformation into spherical bodies on ageing, belong to a strongly supported lineage that also includes Cytophaga arvensicola, Flavobacterium ferrugineum and Flexibacter sancti. The lineage is distinct from the microcyst-forming species Sporocytophaga myxococcoides.