A Metataxonomic Tool to Investigate the Diversity of Treponema.
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SUBMITTER: Hallmaier-Wacker LK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6746968 | biostudies-literature | 2019
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A Metataxonomic Tool to Investigate the Diversity of <i>Treponema</i>.
Hallmaier-Wacker Luisa K LK Lüert Simone S Gronow Sabine S Spröer Cathrin C Overmann Jörg J Buller Nicky N Vaughan-Higgins Rebecca J RJ Knauf Sascha S
Frontiers in microbiology 20190910
The genus <i>Treponema</i> contains a number of human and animal pathogenic as well as symbiotic bacteria that are found in vastly different anatomical and environmental habitats. Our understanding of the species range, evolution, and biology of these important bacteria is still limited. To explore the diversity of treponemes, we established, validated, and tested a novel metataxonomic approach. As the informative nature of the hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA gene differ, we first analyzed ...[more]
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