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

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.

SUBMITTER: Barns SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1892891 | biostudies-literature | 2007 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature