Ultrastructure and Viral Metagenome of Bacteriophages from an Anaerobic Methane Oxidizing <i>Methylomirabilis</i> Bioreactor Enrichment Culture.

ABSTRACT: With its capacity for anaerobic methane oxidation and denitrification, the bacterium Methylomirabilis oxyfera plays an important role in natural ecosystems. Its unique physiology can be exploited for more sustainable wastewater treatment technologies. However, operational stability of full-scale bioreactors can experience setbacks due to, for example, bacteriophage blooms. By shaping microbial communities through mortality, horizontal gene transfer, and metabolic reprogramming, bacteriophages are important players in most ecosystems. Here, we analyzed an infected Methylomirabilis sp. bioreactor enrichment culture using (advanced) electron microscopy, viral metagenomics and bioinformatics. Electron micrographs revealed four different viral morphotypes, one of which was observe

SUBMITTER: Gambelli L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5099504 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature