16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence characterization and phylogenetic analysis of a dibenzo-p-dioxin-degrading isolate within the new genus Sphingomonas |
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| Authors: | E. R. B. Moore R.-M. Wittich P. Fortnagel K. N. Timmis |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology, G.B.F.-National Research Centre for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, D-3300 Braunschweig, Germany;*Department of Microbiology, University of Hamburg, D-2000 Hamburg, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Partial 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons have been used to determine the phylogenetic placement of the Elbe River isolate RW1, the first described bacterium capable of complete mineralization of dibenzo- p -dioxin. Sequence similarities, cluster analysis and signature positions demonstrate that RW1 groups with other species of Sphingomonas as a distinct, new species of this genus. |
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