Open AccessEvidence for a close genealogical relationship between Afipia (the causal organism of cat scratch disease), Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Blastobacter denitrificans
Author(s) -
Willems Anne,
Collins M.D.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05424.x
Subject(s) - bradyrhizobium japonicum , biology , bradyrhizobium , phylogenetic tree , genetics , proteobacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , bacteria , rhizobiaceae , symbiosis , gene
The primary structures of the small subunit rRNA of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Blastobacter denitrificans were determined by direct sequencing of enzymatically amplified DNA. Comparative sequence analysis revealed that Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Blastobacter denitrificans are members of the alpha‐2 subgroup of the Proteobacteria and show a very close phylogenetic relationship with the genus Afipia .