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ArticleExtremophiles : life under extreme conditions2020

Genomic analysis of Caldalkalibacillus thermarum TA2.A1 reveals aerobic alkaliphilic metabolism and evolutionary hallmarks linking alkaliphilic bacteria and plant life.

Samuel I de Jong, Marcel A van den Broek, Alexander Y Merkel, Pilar de la Torre Cortes, Falk Kalamorz, Gregory M Cook, Mark C M van Loosdrecht, Duncan G G McMillan

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Article in Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Samuel I de JongDepartment of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Marcel A van den BroekDepartment of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Alexander Y MerkelWinogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Pilar de la Torre CortesDepartment of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Falk KalamorzThe New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Lincoln, New Zealand.
Gregory M CookDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Mark C M van LoosdrechtDepartment of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Duncan G G McMillanDepartment of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands. d.g.g.mcmillan@tudelft.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6614-4494
Delft University of Technology · NLPlant & Food Research · NZRussian Academy of Sciences · RUUniversity of Otago · NZ

Funding

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek 024.002.002Russian federation for basic research 20-54-20001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aerobic thermoalkaliphile Caldalkalibacillus thermarum strain TA2.A1 is a member of a separate order of alkaliphilic bacteria closely related to the Bacillales order. Efforts to relate the genomic information of this evolutionary ancient organism to environmental adaptation have been thwarted by the inability to construct a complete genome. The existing draft genome is highly fragmented due to repetitive regions, and gaps between and over repetitive regions were unbridgeable. To address this, Oxford Nanopore Technology's MinION allowed us to span these repeats through long reads, with over 6000-fold coverage. This resulted in a single 3.34 Mb circular chromosome. The profile of transporters and central metabolism gives insight into why the organism prefers glutamate over sucrose as carbon source. We propose that the deamination of glutamate allows alkalization of the immediate environment, an excellent example of how an extremophile modulates environmental conditions to suit its own requirements. Curiously, plant-like hallmark electron transfer enzymes and transporters are found throughout the genome, such as a cytochrome b

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GenomicsAerobiosisBacillaceaeBiological EvolutionRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidAlkaliphilesEvolutionGenomePhylogeny

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PMID33030592
PMCPMC7561548
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