Phylogenetic positions of Clostridium chauvoei and Clostridium septicum based on 16S rRNA gene sequences

Kuhnert, Peter; Capaul, Selja E.; Nicolet, Jacques; Frey, Joachim (1996). Phylogenetic positions of Clostridium chauvoei and Clostridium septicum based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 46(4), pp. 1174-1176. International Union of Microbiological Societies

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The sequences of the 16S rRNA genes (rrs genes) of Clostridium chauvoei, the causative agent of blackleg in cattle, and the phenotypically related organism Clostridium septicum were determined. After amplification of 1,507-bp PCR fragments from the corresponding rrs genes, the sequences were determined in a single round of sequencing by using conserved region primers. A sequence similarity analysis of the sequences revealed the close phylogenetic relationship of C. chauvoei and C. septicum in Clostridium cluster I (M. D. Collins, P. A. Lawson, A. Willems, J. J. Cordoba, J. Fernandez-Garayzabal, P. Garcia, J. Cai, H. Hippe, and J. A. E. Farrow, Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 44:812-826, 1994), which includes Clostridium carnis, Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium botulinum, and Clostridium tetani. We found that 99.3% of the nucleotides in the genes of C. chauvoei and C. septicum are identical.

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