Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 12, 1166-1173, Copyright © 1995 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
B Nelissen, Y Van de Peer, A Wilmotte and R De Wachter
It is generally accepted that the plastids arose from a cyanobacterial
ancestor, but the exact phylogenetic relationships between cyanobacteria
and plastids are still controversial. Most studies based on partial 16S
rRNA sequences suggested a relatively late origin of plastids within the
cyanobacterial divergence. In order to clarify the exact relationship and
divergence order of cyanobacteria and plastids, we studied their phylogeny
on the basis of nearly complete 16S rRNA gene sequences. The data set
comprised 15 strains of cyanobacteria from different morphological groups,
1 prochlorophyte, and plastids belonging to 8 species of plants and 12
species of diverse algae. This set included three cyanobacterial sequences
determined in this study. This is the most comprehensive set of complete
cyanobacterial and plastidial 16S rRNA sequences used so far. Phylogenetic
trees were constructed using neighbor joining and maximum parsimony, and
the reliability of the tree topologies was tested by different methods. Our
results suggest an early origin of plastids within the cyanobacterial
divergence, preceded only by the divergence of two cyanobacterial genera,
Gloeobacter and Pseudanabaena.
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An early origin of plastids within the cyanobacterial divergence is suggested by evolutionary trees based on complete 16S rRNA sequences
Departement Biochemie, Universiteit Antwerpen (UIA), Belgium.
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