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ArticleThe ISME journal2015

Niches of two polysaccharide-degrading Polaribacter isolates from the North Sea during a spring diatom bloom.

Peng Xing, Richard L Hahnke, Frank Unfried, Stephanie Markert, Sixing Huang, Tristan Barbeyron, Jens Harder, Dörte Becher, Thomas Schweder, Frank Oliver Glöckner and 2 more

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Article in The ISME journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers.

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12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Peng Xing1] Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany [2] State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Richard L HahnkeDepartment of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
Frank Unfried1] Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany [2] Institute of Marine Biotechnology e.V., Greifswald, Germany.
Stephanie MarkertInstitute of Marine Biotechnology e.V., Greifswald, Germany.
Sixing HuangDepartment of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
Tristan BarbeyronUPMC University Paris 6 and CNRS, UMR 7139 Marine Plants and Biomolecules, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Roscoff, Bretagne, France.
Jens HarderDepartment of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
Dörte BecherInstitute of Microbiology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald, Germany.
Thomas Schweder1] Institute of Marine Biotechnology e.V., Greifswald, Germany [2] Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University, Greifswald, Germany.
Frank Oliver Glöckner1] Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany [2] Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, Bremen, Germany.
Rudolf I AmannDepartment of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
Hanno TeelingDepartment of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany.
Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology · DEInstitute of Marine Biotechnology · DELeibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures · DEUniversität Greifswald · DENanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology · CNSorbonne Université · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Members of the flavobacterial genus Polaribacter thrive in response to North Sea spring phytoplankton blooms. We analyzed two respective Polaribacter species by whole genome sequencing, comparative genomics, substrate tests and proteomics. Both can degrade algal polysaccharides but occupy distinct niches. The liquid culture isolate Polaribacter sp. strain Hel1_33_49 has a 3.0-Mbp genome with an overall peptidase:CAZyme ratio of 1.37, four putative polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs) and features proteorhodopsin, whereas the agar plate isolate Polaribacter sp. strain Hel1_85 has a 3.9-Mbp genome with an even peptidase:CAZyme ratio, eight PULs, a mannitol dehydrogenase for decomposing algal mannitol-capped polysaccharides but no proteorhodopsin. Unlike other sequenced Polaribacter species, both isolates have larger sulfatase-rich PULs, supporting earlier assumptions that Polaribacter take part in the decomposition of sulfated polysaccharides. Both strains grow on algal laminarin and the sulfated polysaccharide chondroitin sulfate. For strain Hel1_33_49, we identified by proteomics (i) a laminarin-induced PUL, (ii) chondroitin sulfate-induced CAZymes and (iii) a chondroitin-induced operon that likely enables chondroitin sulfate recognition. These and other data suggest that strain Hel1_33_49 is a planktonic flavobacterium feeding on proteins and a small subset of algal polysaccharides, while the more versatile strain Hel1_85 can decompose a broader spectrum of polysaccharides and likely associates with algae.

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EcosystemEutrophicationCarbohydratesChondroitin SulfatesDiatomsFlavobacteriaceaeGenome, BacterialGenomicsGlucansLightMannitolNorth SeaPhylogenyPhytoplanktonPlanktonPolysaccharidesCarbohydratesChondroitin SulfatesGlucanslaminaranMannitolPolysaccharidesProteinsRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID25478683
PMCPMC4438327
OpenAlexW2076505039

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