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. 2003 Jan;69(1):693-6.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.693-696.2003.

Formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase sequences from salt marsh plant roots reveal a diversity of acetogenic bacteria and other bacterial functional groups

A B Leaphart  1 , M J Friez, C R Lovell
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Formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase sequences from salt marsh plant roots reveal a diversity of acetogenic bacteria and other bacterial functional groups

A B Leaphart et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2003 Jan.

Abstract

Sixty-two partial formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase (FTHFS) structural gene sequences were recovered from roots of salt marsh plants, including Spartina alterniflora, Salicornia virginica, and Juncus roemerianus. Only S. alterniflora roots yielded sequences grouping with FTHFS sequences from known acetogens. Most other FTHFS or FTHFS-like sequences grouped with those from sulfate-reducing bacteria. Several sequences that grouped with Sphingomonas paucimobilis ligH were also recovered.

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Phylogenetic analysis of partial FTHFS and FTHFS-like sequences. The dendrogram was generated by using neighbor joining- and Poisson-corrected distances. Thermoplasma acidophilum and Thermoplasma volcanicum FTHFS sequences were used as outgroup taxa. The values at the nodes are the percentages of 1,000 bootstrap replicates supporting the branching order. Bootstrap values below 50% are not shown.
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