Comparative Genomic Analysis of Cold-Water Coral-Derived Sulfitobacter faviae: Insights into Their Habitat Adaptation and Metabolism.

ABSTRACT: Sulfitobacter is one of the major sulfite-oxidizing alphaproteobacterial groups and is often associated with marine algae and corals. Their association with the eukaryotic host cell may have important ecological contexts due to their complex lifestyle and metabolism. However, the role of Sulfitobacter in cold-water corals remains largely unexplored. In this study, we explored the metabolism and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in two closely related Sulfitobacter faviae strains isolated from cold-water black corals at a depth of ~1000 m by comparative genomic analysis. The two strains shared high sequence similarity in chromosomes, including two megaplasmids and two prophages, while both contained several distinct MGEs, including prophages and megaplasmids. Additionally,

SUBMITTER: Lin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10221251 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature