Genetic Diversity of Archaea in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Environments Export

@article{citeulike:3225689, abstract = {Molecular phylogenetic analysis of naturally occurring archaeal communities in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments was carried out by PCR-mediated small subunit rRNA gene (SSU rDNA) sequencing. As determined through partial sequencing of rDNA clones amplified with archaea-specific primers, the archaeal populations in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments showed a great genetic diversity, and most members of these populations appeared to be uncultivated and unidentified organisms. In the phylogenetic analysis, a number of rDNA sequences obtained from deep-sea hydrothermal vents were placed in deep lineages of the crenarchaeotic phylum prior to the divergence of cultivated thermophilic members of the crenarchaeota or between thermophilic members of the euryarchaeota and members of the methanogen-halophile clade. Whole cell in situ hybridization analysis suggested that some microorganisms of novel phylotypes predicted by molecular phylogenetic analysis were likely present in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments. These findings expand our view of the genetic diversity of archaea in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments and of the phylogenetic organization of archaea.}, author = {Takai, Ken and Horikoshi, Koki}, citeulike-article-id = {3225689}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/abstract/152/4/1285}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10430559}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10430559}, day = {1}, journal = {Genetics}, keywords = {archaea, chimney, hyperthermophile, suiyo}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {1285--1297}, posted-at = {2008-09-11 16:17:49}, priority = {2}, title = {Genetic Diversity of Archaea in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Environments}, url = {http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/abstract/152/4/1285}, volume = {152}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3225689 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3225689 N2 - Molecular phylogenetic analysis of naturally occurring archaeal communities in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments was carried out by PCR-mediated small subunit rRNA gene (SSU rDNA) sequencing. As determined through partial sequencing of rDNA clones amplified with archaea-specific primers, the archaeal populations in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments showed a great genetic diversity, and most members of these populations appeared to be uncultivated and unidentified organisms. In the phylogenetic analysis, a number of rDNA sequences obtained from deep-sea hydrothermal vents were placed in deep lineages of the crenarchaeotic phylum prior to the divergence of cultivated thermophilic members of the crenarchaeota or between thermophilic members of the euryarchaeota and members of the methanogen-halophile clade. Whole cell in situ hybridization analysis suggested that some microorganisms of novel phylotypes predicted by molecular phylogenetic analysis were likely present in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments. These findings expand our view of the genetic diversity of archaea in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments and of the phylogenetic organization of archaea. IS - 4 JF - Genetics EP - 1297 TI - Genetic Diversity of Archaea in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Environments VL - 152 SP - 1285 KW - archaea KW - chimney KW - hyperthermophile KW - suiyo AU - Takai, Ken AU - Horikoshi, Koki PY - 1999/08/01/ UR - http://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/abstract/152/4/1285 ER -