Phylogenetic Relationships and Potential Functional Attributes of the Genus Parapedobacter: A Member of Family Sphingobacteriaceae.

ABSTRACT: The genus Parapedobacter was established to describe a novel genus within the family Sphingobacteriaceae and derives its name from Pedobacter, with which it is shown to be evolutionarily related. Despite this, Parapedobacter and Pedobacter do not share very high 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities. Therefore, we hypothesized whether these substantial differences at the 16S rRNA gene level depict the true phylogeny or that these genomes have actually diverged. Thus, we performed genomic analysis of the four available genomes of Parapedobacter to better understand their phylogenomic position within family Sphingobacteriaceae. Our results demonstrated that Parapedobacter is more closely related to species of Olivibacter, as oppose

SUBMITTER: Nagar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7500135 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature