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Global survey of diversity among environmental saltwater Bacteriovoracaceae.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2007
Pineiro Silvia A, Stine O Colin, Chauhan Ashvini, Steyert Susan R, Smith Richard, Williams Henry N
Abstract excerpt
Halophilic Bacteriovorax (Bx), formerly known as the marine Bdellovibrio, are Gram-negative, predatory bacteria found in saltwater systems. To assess their genetic diversity and geographical occurrence, the small subunit rRNA (ssu-rRNA) gene sequences were analysed from 111 marine, salt lake and estuarine isolates recovered from 27 locations around the world. Phylogenetic analysis of these isolates using...
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