Werner Liesack

TL;DR: Apart from the clustering of the most closely related DNA groups, the general topology of the distance dendrogram revealed some discrepancy with previous DNA-DNA hybridization data, which may point to the inadequacy of comparative 16S rDNA sequence analysis for reflecting true evolutionary relationships of closely related bacterial taxa.

TL;DR: The 16S and 23S rRNA of various Streptomyces species were partially sequenced and screened for the presence of stretches that could define all members of the genus, groups of species, or individual species to serve as target sites for synthetic oligonucleotide probes and primers for the determination of pure cultures and in the characterization of community structures.

TL;DR: 16S rRNA gene sequence and pmoA phylogeny demonstrated that the strains form a novel lineage within the genus Methylocystis, a novel species of methanotrophic bacteria isolated from an acidic lake and tropical forest soil.

TL;DR: Rice Cluster I methanogens have been characterized on the basis of their 16S rRNA and mcrA gene sequences, and were found to form a separate lineage within the phylogenetic radiation of Methanosarcinales and Methanomicrobiales.

TL;DR: Three strains of slowly growing, chemo-organotrophic bacteria isolated from acidic Sphagnum peat bogs are proposed to accommodate Bryobacter aggregatus, a novel species in a new genus of acidotolerant, mesophilic organisms.