Cell envelope architecture in the Chloroflexi: a shifting frontline in a phylogenetic turf war

Sutcliffe, Iain (2011) Cell envelope architecture in the Chloroflexi: a shifting frontline in a phylogenetic turf war. Environmental Microbiology, 13 (2). pp. 279-282. ISSN 1462-2912

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Abstract

It is important that attempts to understand bacterial phylogeny take into account fundamental bacterial characteristics such as cell envelope composition and organization. Several prominent phylogenetic studies have assumed that the cell envelopes of members of the phylum Chloroflexi are 'Gram-negative' (diderm, i.e. defined by both an inner plasma membrane and an outer membrane) and some of these studies have placed the branch leading to the extant Chloroflexi near the root of the bacterial phylogenetic tree. This Correspondence summarizes the compelling evidence that the Chloroflexi are in fact monoderm, i.e. have only a single cellular membrane. The phylogenetic implications of this conclusion are discussed. The data reviewed also shed interesting light on the distribution of protein secretion systems in diderm bacteria.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	F100 Chemistry
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Related URLs:	http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/j.1462-2920...
Depositing User:	EPrint Services
Date Deposited:	12 Oct 2011 11:27
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 18:26
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2822

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