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ArticleScientific reports2016

Genomic and phenotypic characterization of the species Acinetobacter venetianus.

Marco Fondi, Isabel Maida, Elena Perrin, Valerio Orlandini, Laura La Torre, Emanuele Bosi, Andrea Negroni, Giulio Zanaroli, Fabio Fava, Francesca Decorosi and 5 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Marco FondiDep. of Biology, ComBo, Florence Computational Biology Group, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto F.no, Italy.
Isabel MaidaDep. of Biology, ComBo, Florence Computational Biology Group, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto F.no, Italy.
Elena PerrinDep. of Biology, ComBo, Florence Computational Biology Group, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto F.no, Italy.
Valerio OrlandiniDep. of Biology, ComBo, Florence Computational Biology Group, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto F.no, Italy.
Laura La TorreDep. of Biology, ComBo, Florence Computational Biology Group, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto F.no, Italy.
Emanuele BosiDep. of Biology, ComBo, Florence Computational Biology Group, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto F.no, Italy.
Andrea NegroniDep. of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, I-40131 Bologna, Italy.
Giulio ZanaroliDep. of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, I-40131 Bologna, Italy.
Fabio FavaDep. of Civil, Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering (DICAM), University of Bologna, I-40131 Bologna, Italy.
Francesca DecorosiDipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e dell'Ambiente (DISPAA), University of Florence, P.le delle Cascine, 24, Florence, 50144, Italy.
Luciana GiovannettiDipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e dell'Ambiente (DISPAA), University of Florence, P.le delle Cascine, 24, Florence, 50144, Italy.
Carlo VitiDipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Agroalimentari e dell'Ambiente (DISPAA), University of Florence, P.le delle Cascine, 24, Florence, 50144, Italy.
Mario VaneechoutteLaboratory Bacteriology Research, Faculty Medicine &Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Belgium.
Lenie DijkshoornDep. of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Renato FaniDep. of Biology, ComBo, Florence Computational Biology Group, University of Florence, I-50019 Sesto F.no, Italy.
University of Florence · ITUniversity of Bologna · ITGhent University · BELeiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crude oil is a complex mixture of hydrocarbons and other organic compounds that can produce serious environmental problems and whose removal is highly demanding in terms of human and technological resources. The potential use of microbes as bioremediation agents is one of the most promising fields in this area. Members of the species Acinetobacter venetianus have been previously characterized for their capability to degrade n-alkanes and thus may represent interesting model systems to implement this process. Although a preliminary experimental characterization of the overall hydrocarbon degradation capability has been performed for five of them, to date, the genetic/genomic features underlying such molecular processes have not been identified. Here we have integrated genomic and phenotypic information for six A. venetianus strains, i.e. VE-C3, RAG-1(T), LUH 13518, LUH 7437, LUH 5627 and LUH 8758. Besides providing a thorough description of the A. venetianus species, these data were exploited to infer the genetic features (presence/absence patterns of genes) and the short-term evolutionary events possibly responsible for the variability in n-alkane degradation efficiency of these strains, including the mechanisms of interaction with the fuel droplet and the subsequent catabolism of this pollutant.

Indexed as

Genome, BacterialAcinetobacterAlkanesBiodegradation, EnvironmentalDNA, BacterialGenome SizeHydrolysisMicroarray AnalysisMultigene FamilyOperonPetroleumPhenotypePhylogenySequence Analysis, DNAAlkanesDNA, BacterialPetroleum

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PMID26902269
PMCPMC4763211
OpenAlexW2331842857

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