Genome-Scale Mutational Analysis of Cathode-Oxidizing Thioclava electrotropha ElOx9^T.

ABSTRACT: Extracellular electron transfer (EET) - the process by which microorganisms transfer electrons across their membrane(s) to/from solid-phase materials - has implications for a wide range of biogeochemically important processes in marine environments. Though EET is thought to play an important role in the oxidation of inorganic minerals by lithotrophic organisms, the mechanisms involved in the oxidation of solid particles are poorly understood. To explore the genetic basis of oxidative EET, we utilized genomic analyses and transposon insertion mutagenesis screens (Tn-seq) in the metabolically flexible, lithotrophic Alphaproteobacterium Thioclava electrotropha ElOx9^T. The finished genome of this strain is 4.3 MB, and consists of 4,139 predicted ORFs, 54 contain heme binding

SUBMITTER: Sackett JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9226611 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature