Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans: a new lineage of bacterial evolution?
- 12 February 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 261 (1) , 8-10
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(90)80623-q
Abstract
The nucleotide sequence of 5 S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) of type strain Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans VKM B‐1269 was determined. This organism represents a group of moderately thermophilic acidophilic chemolithotrophic bacteria, able to use ferrous and sulfur compounds as the sole energy source. 5 S rRNA of this bacterium is drastically different from all other known bacterial 5 S rRNA sequences. It is suggested that S. thermosulfidooxidans represents a new lineage of bacterial evolution, that diverged from other bacteria at an early step of their evolution.Keywords
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