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- Title
Bacterial evolution: Getting to the bottom of Cyanobacteria.
- Authors
Hofer, Ursula
- Abstract
The article reports on the results of a study which determined the common ancestor of Melainabacteria and Cyanobacteria. It cites that the study describe a candidate sibling phylum, Melainabacteria, by searching for sequences that are related to Cyanobacterial genes from sequenced DNA, human faecal samples, and groundwater aquifer. It notes that Melainabacteria and Cyanobacteria are closely related but distinct in terms of the capacity to fix nitrogen, photosynthetic genes, and protein coding.
- Subjects
NUCLEOTIDE sequence; CYANOBACTERIA; BACTERIAL evolution; GENETIC code; BACTERIAL DNA
- Publication
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 12, p818
- ISSN
1740-1526
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/nrmicro3158