A correlation of phylogenetic diversity in the Proteobacteria with the influences of ecological forces.

doi:10.1139/m91-001

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A correlation of phylogenetic diversity in the Proteobacteria with the influences of ecological forces.

Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Jan 1991

Zavarzin G A, Stackebrandt E, Murray R G

Abstract excerpt

The Proteobacteria are physiologically and morphologically diverse, although they form a coherent set of four main lineages on phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal RNA. A rational and consistent taxonomic arrangement bringing today's phenotypic and phylogenetic conclusions about them into register...

Topics

Bacteria
Ecology
Genetic Variation
Phylogeny
RNA, Bacterial
RNA, Ribosomal

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