| Literature DB >> 8347520 |
N M Bleumink-Pluym1, L van Dijk, A H van Vliet, J W van der Giessen, B A van der Zeijst.
Abstract
The 16S ribosomal DNA sequence of Taylorella equigenitalis (formerly Haemophilus equigenitalis), the causative organism of contagious equine metritis, was determined. A phylogenetic analysis of this sequence revealed a phylogenetic position of T. equigenitalis in the beta subclass of the class Proteobacteria apart from the position of Haemophilus influenzae, which belongs to the gamma subclass of Proteobacteria. A close phylogenetic relationship among T. equigenitalis, Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, and Bordetella bronchiseptica was detected; Spirillum volutans and Chromobacterium fluviatile (Iodobacter fluviatile) were in the same group but slightly removed. This relationship is surprising in view of the considerable differences in the G + C contents of the genomes of these bacteria.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8347520 DOI： 10.1099/00207713-43-3-618
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Syst Bacteriol ISSN： 0020-7713