The complete genome sequence of Chromobacterium violaceum reveals remarkable and exploitable bacterial adaptability.

ABSTRACT: Chromobacterium violaceum is one of millions of species of free-living microorganisms that populate the soil and water in the extant areas of tropical biodiversity around the world. Its complete genome sequence reveals (i) extensive alternative pathways for energy generation, (ii) approximately 500 ORFs for transport-related proteins, (iii) complex and extensive systems for stress adaptation and motility, and (iv) widespread utilization of quorum sensing for control of inducible systems, all of which underpin the versatility and adaptability of the organism. The genome also contains extensive but incomplete arrays of ORFs coding for proteins associated with mammalian pathogenicity, possibly involved in the occasional but often fatal cases of human C. violaceum infection. There is, in addit

SUBMITTER: Brazilian National Genome Project Consortium 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC208814 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature