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The sequences of five conserved genes, in addition to the 16S rRNA gene, were investigated in 30 members of the fam. nov. All members of the examined contained , suggesting that they are capable of nitrogen fixation, which may explain their ability to compete effectively in nitrogen-poor subsurface environments undergoing remediation for petroleum or metal contamination. The phylogenies predicted from , , , and were generally in agreement with the phylogeny predicted from 16S rRNA gene sequences. Furthermore, phylogenetic analysis of concatemers constructed from all five protein-coding genes corresponded closely with the 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny. This study demonstrated that the is a phylogenetically coherent family within the -subclass of the that is composed of three distinct phylogenetic clusters: , and . The sequence data provided here will make it possible to discriminate better between physiologically distinct members of the , such as and species, in geobacteraceae-dominated microbial communities and greatly expands the potential to identify geobacteraceae sequences in libraries of environmental genomic DNA.

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