The genome analysis of Oleiphilus messinensis ME102 (DSM 13489^T) reveals backgrounds of its obligate alkane-devouring marine lifestyle.

ABSTRACT: Marine bacterium Oleiphilus messinensis ME102 (DSM 13489^T) isolated from the sediments of the harbor of Messina (Italy) is a member of the order Oceanospirillales, class Gammaproteobacteria, representing the physiological group of marine obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria (OHCB) alongside the members of the genera Alcanivorax, Oleispira, Thalassolituus, Cycloclasticus and Neptunomonas. These organisms play a crucial role in the natural environmental cleanup in marine systems. Despite having the largest genome (6.379.281bp) among OHCB, O. messinensis exhibits a very narrow substrate profile. The alkane metabolism is pre-determined by three loci encoding for two P450 family monooxygenases, one of which formed a cassette with ferredoxin and alcohol dehydrogenase encoding genes a

SUBMITTER: Toshchakov SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5847120 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature