TY - JOUR
T1 - Phylogenetic analysis of a novel sulfate-reducing magnetic bacterium, RS-1, demonstrates its membership of the δ-Proteobacteria
AU - Kawaguchi, Ryuji
AU - Burgess, J. Grant
AU - Sakaguchi, Toshifumi
AU - Takeyama, Haruko
AU - Thornhill, Richard H.
AU - Matsunaga, Tadashi
PY - 1995/3/1
Y1 - 1995/3/1
N2 - Most of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene of a sulfate-reducing magnetic bacterium, RS-1, was sequenced, and phylogenetic analysis was carried out. The results suggest that RS-1 is a member of the δ-Proteobacteria, and it appears to represent a new genus. RS-1 is the first bacterium reported outside the α-Proteobacteria that contains magnetite inclusions. RS-1 therefore disrupts the correlation between the α-Proteobacteria and possession of magnetite inclusions, and that between the δ-Proteobacteria and possession of greigite inclusions. The existence of RS-1 also suggests that intracellular magnetite biomineralization is of multiple evolutionary origins.
AB - Most of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene of a sulfate-reducing magnetic bacterium, RS-1, was sequenced, and phylogenetic analysis was carried out. The results suggest that RS-1 is a member of the δ-Proteobacteria, and it appears to represent a new genus. RS-1 is the first bacterium reported outside the α-Proteobacteria that contains magnetite inclusions. RS-1 therefore disrupts the correlation between the α-Proteobacteria and possession of magnetite inclusions, and that between the δ-Proteobacteria and possession of greigite inclusions. The existence of RS-1 also suggests that intracellular magnetite biomineralization is of multiple evolutionary origins.
KW - 16S ribosomal RNA
KW - Bean-shaped magnetic inclusions
KW - Evolution of magnetite biomineralization
KW - Magnetic bacteria
KW - RS-1
KW - Sulfate-reducing magnetic bacteria
KW - δ-Proteobacteria
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U2 - 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00023-X
DO - 10.1016/0378-1097(95)00023-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 7537237
AN - SCOPUS:0028925150
VL - 126
SP - 277
EP - 282
JO - FEMS Microbiology Letters
JF - FEMS Microbiology Letters
SN - 0378-1097
IS - 3
ER -