Compatible Solute Synthesis and Import by the Moderate Halophile Spiribacter salinus: Physiology and Genomics.

ABSTRACT: Members of the genus Spiribacter are found worldwide and are abundant in ecosystems possessing intermediate salinities between seawater and saturated salt concentrations. Spiribacter salinus M19-40 is the type species of this genus and its first cultivated representative. In the habitats of S. salinus M19-40, high salinity is a key determinant for growth and we therefore focused on the cellular adjustment strategy to this persistent environmental challenge. We coupled these experimental studies to the in silico mining of the genome sequence of this moderate halophile with respect to systems allowing this bacterium to control its potassium and sodium pools, and its ability to import and synthesize compatible solutes. S. salinus M19-40 produces enhanced lev

SUBMITTER: Leon MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5818414 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature