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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1731-1737, Vol. 65, No. 4
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0

Wide Distribution and Diversity of Members of the Bacterial Kingdom Acidobacterium in the Environment

Susan M. Barns,* Shannon L. Takala, and Cheryl R. Kuske

Environmental Molecular Biology Group, Life Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545

Received 29 October 1998/Accepted 1 February 1999

To assess the distribution and diversity of members of the recently identified bacterial kingdom Acidobacterium, members of this kingdom present in 43 environmental samples were surveyed by PCR amplification. A primer designed to amplify rRNA gene sequences (ribosomal DNAs [rDNAs]) from most known members of the kingdom was used to interrogate bulk DNA extracted from the samples. Positive PCR results were obtained with all temperate soil and sediment samples tested, as well as some hot spring samples, indicating that members of this kingdom are very widespread in terrestrial environments. PCR primers specific for four phylogenetic subgroups within the kingdom were used in similar surveys. All four subgroups were detected in most neutral soils and some sediments, while only two of the groups were seen in most low-pH environments. The combined use of these primers allowed identification of a novel lineage within the kingdom in a hot spring environment. Phylogenetic analysis of rDNA sequences from our survey and the literature outlines at least six major subgroups within the kingdom. Taken together, these data suggest that members of the Acidobacterium kingdom are as genetically and metabolically diverse, environmentally widespread and perhaps as ecologically important as the well-known Proteobacteria and gram-positive bacterial kingdoms.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: M888, Life Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. Phone: (505) 667-1071. Fax: (505) 665-6894. E-mail: sbarns{at}lanl.gov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 1999, p. 1731-1737, Vol. 65, No. 4
0099-2240/99/$04.00+0


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