Open AccessPhylogenetic analysis of the coryneform bacteria by 5S rRNA sequences
Author(s) -
Yong-Ha Park,
Hiroshi Hori,
Kenichiro Suzuki,
Syozo Osawa,
Kazuo Komagata
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.169.5.1801-1806.1987
Subject(s) - biology , corynebacterium glutamicum , corynebacterium , brevibacterium , bacteria , phylogenetic tree , arthrobacter , microbiology and biotechnology , micrococcus , 16s ribosomal rna , phylogenetics , genetics , microorganism , gene
Nucleotide sequences of 5S rRNAs from 11 coryneform bacteria were determined. These were the type strains of Corynebacterium glutamicum, Corynebacterium xerosis, Brevibacterium linens, Arthrobacter globiformis, Cellulomonas biazotea, Aureobacterium testaceum, Curtobacterium citreum, Pimelobacter simplex, and Caseobacter polymorphus and representative strains of "Corynebacterium aquaticum" and Corynebacterium xerosis. A phylogenetic tree constructed from the sequences of these bacteria and published sequences indicated that the coryneform bacteria consist of a distinct eubacterial branch together with Streptomyces and Micrococcus spp. These bacteria could be further divided into four subgroups.