TY - JOUR 
A1 - Lawson, P. A.
AU - Llop, Pablo
AU - Hutson, R. A.
AU - Hippe, H.
AU - Collins, M. D.
T1 - Towards a phylogeny of the clostridia based on rRNA sequences
Y1 - 1993
SN - 0378-1097

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/8054
AB - The 16S rRNA sequences of 17 species of the genus Clostridium were determined by direct sequencing of their PCR amplified genes. The sequences were aligned with those from other known clostridial species and representative low G + C Gram-positive relatives, and a phylogenetic tree was constructed. It was evident from the comparative sequence analysis that the genus Clostridium as presently constituted is phylogenetically extremely heterogeneous. This study corroborates and extends earlier findings in showing that many non-sporeforming bacteria are phylogenetically closely intermixed with Clostridium species. The taxonomic implications of the phylogenetic findings are discussed.
KW - 165 r-DNA
KW - Molecular systematics
KW - H20  Plant diseases
KW - U30  Research methods
KW - Clostridium
KW - Phylogeny
KW - PCR
LA - en
PB - Oxford University Press
ER -