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rpoB gene as a novel molecular marker to infer phylogeny in Planctomycetales.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - 1 Oct 2013
Bondoso Joana, Harder Jens, Lage Olga Maria
Abstract excerpt
The 16S rRNA gene has been used in the last decades as a gold standard for determining the phylogenetic position of bacteria and their taxonomy. It is a well conserved gene, with some variations, present in all bacteria and allows the reconstruction of genealogies of microorganisms. Nevertheless, this gene has its limitations when inferring phylogenetic relationships between closely related isolates. To overcome...
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