{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"submitter":["Geelhoed JS"],"funding":["Carlsbergfondet","Danmarks Grundforskningsfond","European Research Council","Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond","Dutch Research Council (NWO)","Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek"],"pubmed_abstract":["Bacterial cells can vary greatly in size, from a few hundred nanometers to hundreds of micrometers in diameter. Filamentous cable bacteria also display substantial size differences, with filament diameters ranging from 0.4 to 8 µm. We analyzed the genomes of cable bacterium filaments from 11 coastal environments of which the resulting 23 new genomes represent 10 novel species-level clades of <i>Candidatus</i> Electrothrix and two clades that putatively represent novel genus-level diversity. Fluorescence <i>in situ</i> hybridization with a species-level probe showed that large-sized cable bacteria belong to a novel species with the proposed name <i>Ca</i>. Electrothrix gigas. Comparative genome analysis suggests genes that play a role in the construction or functioning of large cable bacter"],"journal":["Microbiology spectrum"],"pagination":["e0053823"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10580974"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Indications for a genetic basis for big bacteria and description of the giant cable bacterium <i>Candidatus</i> Electrothrix gigas sp. nov."],"pmcid":["PMC10580974"],"funding_grant_id":["016.VICI.170.072","306933","136","104","G038819N","CF19-0666","291650"],"pubmed_authors":["Thorup CA","Nielsen LP","Marshall IPG","Schramm A","Meysman FJR","Geelhoed JS","Schreiber L","Bjerg JJ"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Indications for a genetic basis for big bacteria and description of the giant cable bacterium <i>Candidatus</i> Electrothrix gigas sp. nov.","description":"Bacterial cells can vary greatly in size, from a few hundred nanometers to hundreds of micrometers in diameter. Filamentous cable bacteria also display substantial size differences, with filament diameters ranging from 0.4 to 8 µm. We analyzed the genomes of cable bacterium filaments from 11 coastal environments of which the resulting 23 new genomes represent 10 novel species-level clades of <i>Candidatus</i> Electrothrix and two clades that putatively represent novel genus-level diversity. Fluorescence <i>in situ</i> hybridization with a species-level probe showed that large-sized cable bacteria belong to a novel species with the proposed name <i>Ca</i>. Electrothrix gigas. Comparative genome analysis suggests genes that play a role in the construction or functioning of large cable bacter","dates":{"release":"2023-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2023 Sep","modification":"2026-05-28T11:14:44.061Z","creation":"2025-04-06T02:07:08.837Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10580974","cross_references":{"pubmed":["37732806"],"doi":["10.1128/spectrum.00538-23"]}}