The
orderFlavobacteriales comprises several families of environmental
bacteria.[3]
Comparative genomics and molecular signatures
Flavobacteriales is of one of the orders from the phylum Bacteroidota.[2] Comparative genomic studies have identified several conserved
indels, as well as 27 proteins that are uniquely shared by different sequenced Flavobacteriales and Bacteroidota species supporting this inference.[4][5] Additionally, these studies have also identified 38 proteins that seem to be specific for the species from the order Flavobacteriales.[5] Of these proteins, 26 were present in all sequenced species, while the remaining 12 were missing in only one or two species. These signature proteins provide potential molecular markers for this order. Several proteins have also been identified which are unique to the Flavobacteriales and Bacteroidales orders, indicating the species from these two orders shared a common ancestor exclusive of other Bacteroidota.[5]
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^Boone DR, Castenholz RW, eds. (2001). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria) (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag. pp. 465–466.
^Gupta RS. (2004). "The phylogeny and signature sequences characteristics of Fibrobacteres, Chlorobi, and Bacteroidetes". Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 30 (2): 123–140.
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