Genome Variation in the Model Halophilic Bacterium Salinibacter ruber.

ABSTRACT: The halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber is an abundant and ecologically important member of halophilic communities worldwide. Given its broad distribution and high intraspecific genetic diversity, S. ruber is considered one of the main models for ecological and evolutionary studies of bacterial adaptation to hypersaline environments. However, current insights on the genomic diversity of this species is limited to the comparison of the genomes of two co-isolated strains. Here, we present a comparative genomic analysis of eight S. ruber strains isolated at two different time points in each of two different Mediterranean solar salterns. Our results show an open pangenome with contrasting evolutionary patterns in the core and accessory genomes. We found that the core g

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Torres P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6060240 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature