The Phylogenetic Position of the Family Methylococcaceae

1995/01/01 by J. P. BOWMAN, John P. Bowman, L. I. SLY +3 · 129 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Engineering · Neuroscience · #Biofuel production and bioconversion #Biology #Botany #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetics #Genus #Microbial metabolism and enzyme function #Neurological diseases and metabolism #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #Ribosomal DNA #Taxon #Zoology

paper · open access · doi:10.1099/00207713-45-1-182

published in International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 45(1), 182-185 (Microbiology Society)

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Abstract

The 16S ribosomal DNA-based phylogenetic positions of various members of the Methylococcaceae (group I methanotrophs) were investigated. The Methylococcaceae as a whole formed a distinct branch in the gamma subdivision of the Proteobacteria, and this branch had five distinct subbranches. On the basis of a number of phenotypic traits, phospholipid fatty acid patterns, and the results of a 16S ribosomal DNA analysis, we determined that the species belonging to one subbranch, Methylobacter albus, Methylobacter agilis, and Methylobacter pelagicus, formed a distinct group that could be differentiated from other members of the genus Methylobacter, which grouped in an adjacent subbranch. We propose that these species belong to a new taxon, Methylomicrobium gen. nov.

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