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Comparative Study
. 1980 Jan;77(1):494-8.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.1.494.

Phylogenetic analysis of the mycoplasmas

C R Woese, J Maniloff, L B Zablen
Comparative Study

Phylogenetic analysis of the mycoplasmas

C R Woese et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Jan.

Abstract

The phylogenetic relationships between the mycoplasmas and bacteria have been established from a comparative analysis of their 16S rRNA oligonucleotide catalogs. The genera Mycoplasma, Spiroplasma, and Acholeplasma arose by degenerative evolution, as a deep branch of the subline of clostridial ancestry that led to Bacillus and Lactobacillus. Thermoplasma has no specific relationship to the other mycoplasmas; it belongs with the archaebacteria.

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