Hugenholtz, Philip


Publications
29

Extremely Acidophilic Protists from Acid Mine Drainage Host Rickettsiales -Lineage Endosymbionts That Have Intervening Sequences in Their 16S rRNA Genes

Citation
Baker et al. (2003). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69 (9)
Names
“Captivus acidiprotistae”
Abstract
ABSTRACT During a molecular phylogenetic survey of extremely acidic (pH < 1), metal-rich acid mine drainage habitats in the Richmond Mine at Iron Mountain, Calif., we detected 16S rRNA gene sequences of a novel bacterial group belonging to the order Rickettsiales in the Alphaproteobacteria . The closest known relatives of this group (92% 16S rRNA gene sequence identity) are endosymbionts of the protist Acantham