RESEARCH ARTICLE
The Common Ancestor of Deinococcus Species was Rod-Shaped
Yusuke Morita, Hiromi Nishida*
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2018Volume: 11
First Page: 252
Last Page: 258
Publisher ID: TOBIOIJ-11-252
DOI: 10.2174/1875036201811010252
Article History:
Received Date: 10/8/2018Revision Received Date: 2/10/2018
Acceptance Date: 16/10/2018
Electronic publication date: 30/10/2018
Collection year: 2018
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Abstract
Background:
The genus Deinococcus consists of species in rod-shape (Bacilli) and spherical shape (Cocci).
Objective:
In this study, we aimed to determine whether the common ancestor of Deinococcus species was rod-shaped or spherical.
Methods:
We compared the homologs of the proteins related to the rod-shape in bacteria (MreB, MreC, MreD, MrdA, RodA, and RodZ) in various Deinococcus species and Thermus thermophilus.
Results:
The phylogenetic trees based on each protein and the homologs reflected the evolutionary relationships of the species, indicating that the Horizontal transfer of the genes did not occur during the Deinococcus evolution.
Conclusion:
The ancestor of the genus Deinococcus was rod-shaped, and the spherical forms appeared when the rod-shaped formation system was lost during evolution and diversification within the genus.