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ArticleThe ISME journal2012

Phaeobacter gallaeciensis genomes from globally opposite locations reveal high similarity of adaptation to surface life.

Sebastian Thole, Daniela Kalhoefer, Sonja Voget, Martine Berger, Tim Engelhardt, Heiko Liesegang, Antje Wollherr, Staffan Kjelleberg, Rolf Daniel, Meinhard Simon and 2 more

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Article in The ISME journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sebastian TholeInstitute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany.
Daniela Kalhoefer
Sonja Voget
Martine Berger
Tim Engelhardt
Heiko Liesegang
Antje Wollherr
Staffan Kjelleberg
Rolf Daniel
Meinhard Simon
Torsten Thomas
Thorsten Brinkhoff
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg · DEUniversity of Göttingen · DEUNSW Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phaeobacter gallaeciensis, a member of the abundant marine Roseobacter clade, is known to be an effective colonizer of biotic and abiotic marine surfaces. Production of the antibiotic tropodithietic acid (TDA) makes P. gallaeciensis a strong antagonist of many bacteria, including fish and mollusc pathogens. In addition to TDA, several other secondary metabolites are produced, allowing the mutualistic bacterium to also act as an opportunistic pathogen. Here we provide the manually annotated genome sequences of the P. gallaeciensis strains DSM 17395 and 2.10, isolated at the Atlantic coast of north western Spain and near Sydney, Australia, respectively. Despite their isolation sites from the two different hemispheres, the genome comparison demonstrated a surprisingly high level of synteny (only 3% nucleotide dissimilarity and 88% and 93% shared genes). Minor differences in the genomes result from horizontal gene transfer and phage infection. Comparison of the P. gallaeciensis genomes with those of other roseobacters revealed unique genomic traits, including the production of iron-scavenging siderophores. Experiments supported the predicted capacity of both strains to grow on various algal osmolytes. Transposon mutagenesis was used to expand the current knowledge on the TDA biosynthesis pathway in strain DSM 17395. This first comparative genomic analysis of finished genomes of two closely related strains belonging to one species of the Roseobacter clade revealed features that provide competitive advantages and facilitate surface attachment and interaction with eukaryotic hosts.

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Genome, BacterialAdaptation, PhysiologicalAustraliaBacterial AdhesionDNA, BacterialGenomicsMolecular Sequence AnnotationRhodobacteraceaeSequence AlignmentSpainSyntenyTropoloneDNA, Bacterialtropodithietic acidTropolone

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PMID22717884
PMCPMC3504968
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