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Ji B, Zhang SD, Zhang WJ, Rouy Z, Alberto F, Santini CL, Mangenot S, Gagnot S, Philippe N, Pradel N, Zhang L, Tempel S, Li Y, Médigue C, Henrissat B, Coutinho PM, Barbe V, Talla E, Wu LF (2017. március 1.). „The chimeric nature of the genomes of marine magnetotactic coccoid-ovoid bacteria defines a novel group of Proteobacteria”. Environmental Microbiology19 (3), 1103–1119. o. DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.13637. PMID27902881.
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Ferla MP, Thrash JC, Giovannoni SJ, Patrick WM (2013). „New rRNA gene-based phylogenies of the Alphaproteobacteria provide perspective on major groups, mitochondrial ancestry and phylogenetic instability”. PLOS ONE8 (12), e83383. o. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0083383. PMID24349502. PMC3859672.
Grote J, Thrash JC, Huggett MJ, Landry ZC, Carini P, Giovannoni SJ, Rappé MS (2012). „Streamlining and core genome conservation among highly divergent members of the SAR11 clade”. mBio3 (5), e00252-12. o. DOI:10.1128/mBio.00252-12. PMID22991429. PMC3448164.
Martijn J, Vosseberg J, Guy L, Offre P, Ettema TJ (2018. május 1.). „Deep mitochondrial origin outside the sampled alphaproteobacteria”. Nature557 (7703), 101–105. o. DOI:10.1038/s41586-018-0059-5. PMID29695865.
Hördt A, López MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M (2020. április 7.). „Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria”. Frontiers in Microbiology11, 468. o. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMID32373076. PMC7179689.
Chilton MD, Drummond MH, Merio DJ, Sciaky D, Montoya AL, Gordon MP, Nester EW (1977. június 1.). „Stable incorporation of plasmid DNA into higher plant cells: the molecular basis of crown gall tumorigenesis”. Cell11 (2), 263–271. o. DOI:10.1016/0092-8674(77)90043-5. PMID890735.
Rodríguez-Ezpeleta N, Embley TM (2012). „The SAR11 group of alpha-proteobacteria is not related to the origin of mitochondria”. PLOS ONE7 (1), e30520. o. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0030520. PMID22291975. PMC3264578.
Viklund J, Ettema TJ, Andersson SGE (2012. február 1.). „Independent genome reduction and phylogenetic reclassification of the oceanic SAR11 clade”. Molecular Biology and Evolution29 (2), 599–615. o. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msr203. PMID21900598.
Viklund J, Martijn J, Ettema TJ, Andersson SG (2013). „Comparative and phylogenomic evidence that the alphaproteobacterium HIMB59 is not a member of the oceanic SAR11 clade”. PLOS ONE8 (11), e78858. o. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0078858. PMID24223857. PMC3815206.
Georgiades K, Madoui MA, Le P, Robert C, Raoult D (2011). „Phylogenomic analysis of Odyssella thessalonicensis fortifies the common origin of Rickettsiales, Pelagibacter ubique and Reclimonas americana mitochondrion”. PLOS ONE6 (9), e24857. o. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0024857. PMID21957463. PMC3177885.
Thrash JC, Boyd A, Huggett MJ, Grote J, Carini P, Yoder RJ, Robbertse B, Spatafora JW, Rappé MS, Giovannoni SJ (2011). „Phylogenomic evidence for a common ancestor of mitochondria and the SAR11 clade”. Sci Rep1, 13. o. DOI:10.1038/srep00013. PMID22355532. PMC3216501.
Bazylinski DA, Williams TJ, Lefèvre CT, Berg RJ, Zhang CL, Bowser SS, Dean AJ, Beveridge TJ (2012). „Magnetococcus marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcaceae fam. nov.; Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of the Alphaproteobacteria”. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol63 (Pt 3), 801–808. o. DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.038927-0. PMID22581902.
Gupta RS (2005). „Protein signatures distinctive of alpha proteobacteria and its subgroups and a model for alpha-proteobacterial evolution”. Critical Reviews in Microbiology31 (2), 101–135. o. DOI:10.1080/10408410590922393. PMID15986834.
Gupta RS (2000. október 1.). „The phylogeny of proteobacteria: relationships to other eubacterial phyla and eukaryotes”. FEMS Microbiology Reviews24 (4), 367–402. o. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6976.2000.tb00547.x. PMID10978543.
Hördt A, López MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M (2020. április 7.). „Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria”. Frontiers in Microbiology11, 468. o. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMID32373076. PMC7179689.
Muñoz-Gómez SA, Hess S, Burger G, Lang BF, Susko E, Slamovits CH, Roger AJ (2019. február 1.). „An updated phylogeny of the Alphaproteobacteria reveals that the parasitic Rickettsiales and Holosporales have independent origins”. eLife8, e42535. o. DOI:10.7554/eLife.42535. PMID30789345. PMC6447387.
Ji B, Zhang SD, Zhang WJ, Rouy Z, Alberto F, Santini CL, Mangenot S, Gagnot S, Philippe N, Pradel N, Zhang L, Tempel S, Li Y, Médigue C, Henrissat B, Coutinho PM, Barbe V, Talla E, Wu LF (2017. március 1.). „The chimeric nature of the genomes of marine magnetotactic coccoid-ovoid bacteria defines a novel group of Proteobacteria”. Environmental Microbiology19 (3), 1103–1119. o. DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.13637. PMID27902881.
Lin W, Zhang W, Zhao X, Roberts AP, Paterson GA, Bazylinski DA, Pan Y (2018. június 1.). „Genomic expansion of magnetotactic bacteria reveals an early common origin of magnetotaxis with lineage-specific evolution”. The ISME Journal12 (6), 1508–1519. o. DOI:10.1038/s41396-018-0098-9. PMID29581530. PMC5955933.
Roger AJ, Muñoz-Gómez SA, Kamikawa R (2017. november 1.). „The Origin and Diversification of Mitochondria”. Current Biology27 (21), R1177–R1192. o. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.015. PMID29112874.
O'Connor M, Wopat A, Hanson RS (1977. január 1.). „Genetic transformation in Methylobacterium organophilum”. Journal of General Microbiology98 (1), 265–272. o. DOI:10.1099/00221287-98-1-265. PMID401866.
Ferla MP, Thrash JC, Giovannoni SJ, Patrick WM (2013). „New rRNA gene-based phylogenies of the Alphaproteobacteria provide perspective on major groups, mitochondrial ancestry and phylogenetic instability”. PLOS ONE8 (12), e83383. o. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0083383. PMID24349502. PMC3859672.
Grote J, Thrash JC, Huggett MJ, Landry ZC, Carini P, Giovannoni SJ, Rappé MS (2012). „Streamlining and core genome conservation among highly divergent members of the SAR11 clade”. mBio3 (5), e00252-12. o. DOI:10.1128/mBio.00252-12. PMID22991429. PMC3448164.
Hördt A, López MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M (2020. április 7.). „Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria”. Frontiers in Microbiology11, 468. o. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMID32373076. PMC7179689.
Rodríguez-Ezpeleta N, Embley TM (2012). „The SAR11 group of alpha-proteobacteria is not related to the origin of mitochondria”. PLOS ONE7 (1), e30520. o. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0030520. PMID22291975. PMC3264578.
Viklund J, Martijn J, Ettema TJ, Andersson SG (2013). „Comparative and phylogenomic evidence that the alphaproteobacterium HIMB59 is not a member of the oceanic SAR11 clade”. PLOS ONE8 (11), e78858. o. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0078858. PMID24223857. PMC3815206.
Georgiades K, Madoui MA, Le P, Robert C, Raoult D (2011). „Phylogenomic analysis of Odyssella thessalonicensis fortifies the common origin of Rickettsiales, Pelagibacter ubique and Reclimonas americana mitochondrion”. PLOS ONE6 (9), e24857. o. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0024857. PMID21957463. PMC3177885.
Thrash JC, Boyd A, Huggett MJ, Grote J, Carini P, Yoder RJ, Robbertse B, Spatafora JW, Rappé MS, Giovannoni SJ (2011). „Phylogenomic evidence for a common ancestor of mitochondria and the SAR11 clade”. Sci Rep1, 13. o. DOI:10.1038/srep00013. PMID22355532. PMC3216501.
Hördt A, López MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M (2020. április 7.). „Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria”. Frontiers in Microbiology11, 468. o. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00468. PMID32373076. PMC7179689.
Muñoz-Gómez SA, Hess S, Burger G, Lang BF, Susko E, Slamovits CH, Roger AJ (2019. február 1.). „An updated phylogeny of the Alphaproteobacteria reveals that the parasitic Rickettsiales and Holosporales have independent origins”. eLife8, e42535. o. DOI:10.7554/eLife.42535. PMID30789345. PMC6447387.
Lin W, Zhang W, Zhao X, Roberts AP, Paterson GA, Bazylinski DA, Pan Y (2018. június 1.). „Genomic expansion of magnetotactic bacteria reveals an early common origin of magnetotaxis with lineage-specific evolution”. The ISME Journal12 (6), 1508–1519. o. DOI:10.1038/s41396-018-0098-9. PMID29581530. PMC5955933.