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

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Appl Environ Microbiol 73(9) , 3113-6 (May 2007)

Author(s):

Barns, S. M., Cain, E. C., Sommerville, L., Kuske, C. R.

DOI:

10.1128/AEM.02012-06

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.

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