Genome analysis suggests the bacterial family Acetobacteraceae is a source of undiscovered specialized metabolites.

ABSTRACT: Acetobacteraceae is an economically important family of bacteria that is used for industrial fermentation in the food/feed sector and for the preparation of sorbose and bacterial cellulose. It comprises two major groups: acetous species (acetic acid bacteria) associated with flowers, fruits and insects, and acidophilic species, a phylogenetically basal and physiologically heterogeneous group inhabiting acid or hot springs, sludge, sewage and freshwater environments. Despite the biotechnological importance of the family Acetobacteraceae, the literature does not provide any information about its ability to produce specialized metabolites. We therefore constructed a phylogenomic tree based on concatenated protein sequences from 141 type strains of the family and predicted the presence of smal

SUBMITTER: Guzman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8776678 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature