Open AccessPhylogenetic analysis of Mycoplasma penetrans , isolated from HIV‐infected patients
Author(s) -
Behbahani N.,
Blanchard A.,
Cassell G.H.,
Montagnier L.
Publication year - 1993
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.1574-6968.1993.tb06144.x
Subject(s) - phylogenetic tree , biology , 16s ribosomal rna , mycoplasma , mycoplasma pneumoniae , mega , phylogenetics , gene , virology , ribosomal rna , mycoplasmataceae , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , mollicutes , sequence analysis , nucleic acid sequence , history , physics , archaeology , astronomy , pneumonia
A novel mycoplasmal species designated as Mycoplasma penetrans has recently been isolated from patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. The 16S rRNA gene from this mycoplasma was cloned and its nucleotide sequence determined. This sequence was aligned with previously published homologous sequences from several mycoplasmas and with related Gram‐positive bacteria and a phylogenetic tree was constructed. The results indicate that M. penetrans belongs to the evolutionary group Pneumoniae.