The pangenome of (Antarctic) Pseudoalteromonas bacteria: evolutionary and functional insights
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- 作者：Emanuele Bosi ; Marco Fondi ; Valerio Orlandini ; Elena Perrin ; Isabel Maida…
- 关键词：Pseudoalteromonas ; Marine bacteria ; Pangenome ; Microbial evolution ; Comparative genomics ; Antibiotics ; Antarctic bacteria ; Horizontal gene transfer
- 刊名：BMC Genomics
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：December 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：18
- 期：1
- 全文大小：2748KB
- 刊物主题：Life Sciences, general; Microarrays; Proteomics; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Plant Genetics & Genomics;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1471-2164
- 卷排序：18
文摘
BackgroundPseudoalteromonas is a genus of ubiquitous marine bacteria used as model organisms to study the biological mechanisms involved in the adaptation to cold conditions. A remarkable feature shared by these bacteria is their ability to produce secondary metabolites with a strong antimicrobial and antitumor activity. Despite their biotechnological relevance, representatives of this genus are still lacking (with few exceptions) an extensive genomic characterization, including features involved in the evolution of secondary metabolites production. Indeed, biotechnological applications would greatly benefit from such analysis.