U.S. - Belgium Cooperative Research: Classification of Rhizomonas and Rhizomonas - Like Bacteria

该奖项支持加州大学戴维斯分校的Ariena H.C.van Bruggen和比利时根特Ryks大学的Monique Gillis在系统生物学方面的美比合作研究。他们的研究目的是调查根单胞菌属和最近分离的类似根单胞菌的细菌的分类学。调查人员将确定与根单胞菌密切相关的土壤传播细菌之间的关系，并对根单胞菌中发现的不同类群进行分类。他们将使用DNA和RNA测序、杂交研究的现代方法来开发分组分类的数据。这家美国团队将他们在rDNA测序方面的专业知识带到了这次合作中。这与Gent在DNA和RNA杂交方面的小组专业知识以及他们关于细菌属的广泛数据库相补充。尽管土传细菌可能用于植物病原菌的生物防治，但它们的分类和相互关系尚未得到广泛研究，进一步的分类将为科学家提供区分有益细菌和有害细菌的手段。该项目将提供可应用于大多数细菌分类的rRNA方法体系的新数据。

This award supports U.S.-Belgium cooperative research in systematic biology between Ariena H.C. van Bruggen of the University of California at Davis and Monique Gillis of Ryks University in Gent, Belgium. The objective of their research is to investigate the taxonomy of the genus Rhizomonas and recently isolated Rhizomonas-like bacteria. The investigators will determine the relationships among soil borne bacteria closely related to Rhizomonas and classify the different groups found within Rhizomonas. They will use modern methods of DNA and RNA sequencing, hybridization studies in developing data for classification of the groups. The U.S. group brings to this collaboration their expertise in rDNA sequencing. This is complemented by the Gent's group expertise in DNA and RNA hybridization and their extensive data base on bacterial genera. The taxonomy and relationships among groups of soil-borne bacteria have not been studied widely despite their possible use for biological control of plant pathogens and Further classification will provide scientists with a means for differentiating among useful and harmful bacteria. The project will provide new data on rRNA methods system that could be applied to the classification of the majority of bacteria.