Open AccessThe sequence of the single 16S rRNA gene of the thermophilic eubacterium Rhodothermus marinus reveals a distant relationship to the group containing Flexibacter, Bacteroides, and Cytophaga species
Author(s) -
O S Andrésson,
Ólafur H. Friðjónsson
Publication year - 1994
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.176.20.6165-6169.1994
Subject(s) - biology , cytophaga , 16s ribosomal rna , eubacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , ribosomal rna , thermophile , 23s ribosomal rna , genetics , operon , gene , flavobacterium , bacteria , escherichia coli , rna , pseudomonas , ribosome
Rhodothermus marinus, a gram-negative heterotrophic marine thermophile, has been the subject of several recent studies. Isolation, sequencing, and analyses of a 16S rRNA gene have shown that R. marinus diverges sharply from major bacterial phyla and is most closely allied to the Flexibacter-Cytophaga-Bacteroides group. Further analyses revealed that the R. marinus chromosome contains a single rRNA operon with a 16S-23S intergenic region coding for tRNA(Ile) and tRNA(Ala).