@article{7d10f9a074c711dbbee902004c4f4f50,
title = "Diversity and distribution in hypersaline microbial mats of bacteria related to Chloroflexus spp.",
abstract = "Filamentous bacteria containing bacteriochlorophylls c and a were enriched from hypersaline microbial mats. Based on phylogenetic analyses of 16S rRNA gene sequences, these organisms form a previously undescribed lineage distantly related to Chloroflexus spp. We developed and tested a set of PCR primers for the specific amplification of 16S rRNA genes from filamentous phototrophic bacteria within the kingdom of {"}green nonsulfur bacteria.{"} PCR products recovered from microbial mats in a saltern in Guerrero Negro, Mexico, were subjected to cloning or denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and then sequenced. We found evidence of a high diversity of bacteria related to Chloroflexus which exhibit different distributions along a gradient of salinity from 5.5 to 16%.",
author = "Ulrich N{\"u}bel and Bateson, {Mary M.} and Madigan, {Michael T.} and Michael K{\"u}hl and Ward, {David M.}",
year = "2001",
doi = "10.1128/AEM.67.9.4365-4371.2001",
language = "English",
volume = "67",
pages = "4365--4371",
journal = "Applied and Environmental Microbiology",
issn = "0099-2240",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",
number = "9",
}