Genomic determinants of organohalide-respiration in Geobacter lovleyi, an unusual member of the Geobacteraceae.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geobacter lovleyi is a unique member of the Geobacteraceae because strains of this species share the ability to couple tetrachloroethene (PCE) reductive dechlorination to cis-1,2-dichloroethene (cis-DCE) with energy conservation and growth (i.e., organohalide respiration). Strain SZ also reduces U(VI) to U(IV) and contributes to uranium immobilization, making G. lovleyi relevant for bioremediation at sites impacted with chlorinated ethenes and radionuclides. G. lovleyi is the only fully sequenced representative of this distinct Geobacter clade, and comparative genome analyses identified genetic elements associated with organohalide respiration and elucidated genome features that distinguish strain SZ from other members of the Geobacteraceae.

Results

Sequencing the

SUBMITTER: Wagner DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3403914 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature