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A novel uncultured heterotrophic bacterial associate of the cyanobacterium Moorea producens JHB. / Cummings, S.L.; Barbé, D.; Leao, T.F.; Korobeynikov, Anton; Engene, N.; Glukhov, E.; Gerwick, W.H.; Gerwick, L.
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T1 - A novel uncultured heterotrophic bacterial associate of the cyanobacterium Moorea producens JHB
AU - Cummings, S.L.
AU - Barbé, D.
AU - Leao, T.F.
AU - Korobeynikov, Anton
AU - Engene, N.
AU - Glukhov, E.
AU - Gerwick, W.H.
AU - Gerwick, L.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - © 2016 The Author(s).Background: Filamentous tropical marine cyanobacteria such as Moorea producens strain JHB possess a rich community of heterotrophic bacteria on their polysaccharide sheaths; however, these bacterial communities have not yet been adequately studied or characterized. Results and discussion: Through efforts to sequence the genome of this cyanobacterial strain, the 5.99 MB genome of an unknown bacterium emerged from the metagenomic information, named here as Mor1. Analysis of its genome revealed that the bacterium is heterotrophic and belongs to the phylum Acidobacteria, subgroup 22; however, it is only 85 % identical to the nearest cultured representative. Comparative genomics further revealed that Mor1 has a large number of genes involved in transcriptional regulation, is completely devoid of transposases, is not able to synthesize the full complement of proteogenic amino acids and appears to lack genes for nitrate uptake. Mor1 was found to be present in lab cultures of M. producens collect
AB - © 2016 The Author(s).Background: Filamentous tropical marine cyanobacteria such as Moorea producens strain JHB possess a rich community of heterotrophic bacteria on their polysaccharide sheaths; however, these bacterial communities have not yet been adequately studied or characterized. Results and discussion: Through efforts to sequence the genome of this cyanobacterial strain, the 5.99 MB genome of an unknown bacterium emerged from the metagenomic information, named here as Mor1. Analysis of its genome revealed that the bacterium is heterotrophic and belongs to the phylum Acidobacteria, subgroup 22; however, it is only 85 % identical to the nearest cultured representative. Comparative genomics further revealed that Mor1 has a large number of genes involved in transcriptional regulation, is completely devoid of transposases, is not able to synthesize the full complement of proteogenic amino acids and appears to lack genes for nitrate uptake. Mor1 was found to be present in lab cultures of M. producens collect
U2 - 10.1186/s12866-016-0817-1
DO - 10.1186/s12866-016-0817-1
M3 - Article
VL - 16
JO - BMC Microbiology
JF - BMC Microbiology
SN - 1471-2180
IS - 1
ER -
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