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Phylogenetic position of Chitinophaga pinensis in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum

L. I. Sly¹, M. Taghavi^1, and M. Fegan²

¹Centre for Bacterial Diversity and Identification, Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 4072
²The Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Plant Pathology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia 4072

Author for correspondence: L. I. Sly. Tel: +61 7 3365 2396. Fax: +61 7 3365 1566. e-mail: sly{at}biosci.uq.edu.au

ABSTRACT

Comparison of the 16S rRNA gene sequence determined for Chitinophaga pinensis showed that this species is most closely related to Flexibacter filiformis in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum. These two chitinolytic bacteria, which are characterized by transformation into spherical bodies on ageing, belong to a strongly supported lineage that also includes Cytophaga arvensicola, Flavobacterium ferrugineum and Flexibacter sancti. The lineage is distinct from the microcyst-forming species Sporocytophaga myxococcoides.

Key Words: Chitinophaga pinensis • 16S rRNA • phylogeny • bacterial taxonomy • Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum

The GenBank accession number for the rDNA sequence of Chitinophaga Pinensis ACM 2034^Tis AF078775.

Present address: College of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

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