Acidobacteria phylum sequences in uranium-contaminated subsurface sediments greatly expand the known diversity within the phylum

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 May;73(9):3113-6. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02012-06. Epub 2007 Mar 2.

Abstract

The abundance and composition of bacteria of the phylum Acidobacteria were surveyed in subsurface sediments from uranium-contaminated sites using amplification of 16S rRNA genes followed by clone/sequence analysis. Analysis of sequences from this study and public databases produced a revised and greatly expanded phylogeny of the Acidobacteria phylum consisting of 26 subgroups.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / classification
  • Bacteria / genetics*
  • Base Sequence
  • Biodiversity*
  • Colorado
  • Environmental Pollutants / analysis
  • Gene Library
  • Geologic Sediments / analysis
  • Likelihood Functions
  • Models, Genetic
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny*
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Soil Microbiology*
  • Tennessee
  • Uranium / analysis

Substances

  • Environmental Pollutants
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
  • Uranium

Associated data

  • GENBANK/EF457296
  • GENBANK/EF457509