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Identification and classification of the genus by multilocus sequence analysis Free

Abstract

Multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) was performed on representative species of the genus . Internal fragments of the genes selected, , , , , and 16S rRNA, were amplified by direct PCR and then sequenced from 38 strains representing 35 species. Neighbour-joining (NJ), maximum-likelihood (ML) and maximum-parsimony (MP) phylogenies of the individual genes were compared. The data confirm that the potential for discrimination of species is greater using MLSA of housekeeping genes than 16S rRNA genes. Among the housekeeping genes analysed, was the most informative, followed by . Analyses of concatenated sequences (4816 bp) of all six genes revealed robust phylogenetic relationships among different species when compared with the single-gene trees. The NJ, ML and MP trees were very similar, and almost fully resolved relationships of species were obtained, to our knowledge for the first time. In addition, analysis of a concatenation (2457 bp) of the , and genes produced essentially the same result. Ten distinct clades were recognized using the SplitsTree4 program. For the genus , we can define species as a group of strains that share at least 97.5 % gene sequence similarity based on the fragments of five protein-coding housekeeping genes and the 16S rRNA gene. This study demonstrates that MLSA of housekeeping genes is a valuable alternative technique for the identification and classification of species of the genus .

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This study was supported by the:
  • Institute for Fermentation, Osaka (IFO, Osaka, Japan) (Award 2009-2011)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Award 23580126)
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