A novel uncultured heterotrophic bacterial associate of the cyanobacterium Moorea producens JHB.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Filamentous tropical marine cyanobacteria such as Moorea producens strain JHB possess a rich community of heterotrophic bacteria on their polysaccharide sheaths; however, these bacterial communities have not yet been adequately studied or characterized.

Results and discussion

Through efforts to sequence the genome of this cyanobacterial strain, the 5.99 MB genome of an unknown bacterium emerged from the metagenomic information, named here as Mor1. Analysis of its genome revealed that the bacterium is heterotrophic and belongs to the phylum Acidobacteria, subgroup 22; however, it is only 85 % identical to the nearest cultured representative. Comparative genomics further revealed that Mor1 has a large number of genes involved in transcriptional regulation, is comple

SUBMITTER: Cummings ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5006271 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature