Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A October 1977 PMID 16592452

Classification of methanogenic bacteria by 16S ribosomal RNA characterization.

G E Fox, L J Magrum, W E Balch, R S Wolfe, C R Woese

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The study analyzed the 16S ribosomal RNAs from 10 methanogenic bacteria species by examining the oligonucleotides produced through T1 RNase digestion.
Results suggest that methanogens form a unique and separate phylogenetic group, with two main divisions within this group.
These methanogenic bacteria are only distantly related to typical bacterial species, indicating their distinct evolutionary lineage.]

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