Genomic mysteries of giant bacteria: insights and implications

D Ionescu, JM Volland, PE Contarini… - Genome Biology and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bacteria and Archaea are traditionally regarded as organisms with a simple morphology
constrained to a size of 2–3 µm. Nevertheless, the history of microbial research is rich in the …

Identification of the lipodepsipeptide selethramide encoded in a giant nonribosomal peptide synthetase from a Burkholderia bacterium

SB Romanowski, S Lee, S Kunakom… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Bacterial natural products have found many important industrial applications. Yet traditional
discovery pipelines often prioritize individual natural product families despite the presence …

Filamentous giant Beggiatoaceae from the Guaymas Basin are capable of both denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium

CA Schutte, A Teske, BJ MacGregor… - Applied and …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Filamentous large sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (FLSB) of the family Beggiatoaceae are globally
distributed aquatic bacteria that can control geochemical fluxes from the sediment to the …

Single-cell Sequencing of Thiomargarita Reveals Genomic Flexibility for Adaptation to Dynamic Redox Conditions

M Winkel, V Salman-Carvalho, T Woyke… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Large, colorless sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (LSB) of the family Beggiatoaceae form thick mats
at sulfidic sediment surfaces, where they efficiently detoxify sulfide before it enters the water …

Beggiatoa leptomitoformis sp. nov., the first freshwater member of the genus capable of chemolithoautotrophic growth

G Dubinina, A Savvichev, M Orlova… - … of systematic and …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
A strain of filamentous sulfur bacteria was isolated from freshwater spring contaminated with
residential and agricultural wastewater in Moscow region, Russia. According to the results of …

Genomic features of “Candidatus Venteria ishoeyi”, a new sulfur-oxidizing macrobacterium from the Humboldt Sulfuretum off Chile

A Fonseca, T Ishoey, C Espinoza, D Perez-Pantoja… - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The Humboldt Sulfuretum (HS), in the productive Humboldt Eastern Boundary Current
Upwelling Ecosystem, extends under the hypoxic waters of the Peru-Chile Undercurrent (ca …

A Dual Leucine-rich Repeat in Proteins from the Eukaryotic SAR Group

N Matsushima, D Batkhishig… - Protein and Peptide …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Leucine-rich repeats (LRRs) occurring in tandem are 20-29 amino acids long.
Eleven LRR types have been recognized; they include plant-specific (PS) type with the …

Whole-Genome Sequence and Methylome Analysis of the Freshwater Colorless Sulfur Bacterium Thioflexothrix psekupsii D3

A Fomenkov, T Vincze, MY Grabovich… - Genome …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Whole-Genome Sequence and Methylome Analysis of the Freshwater Colorless Sulfur
Bacterium <italic toggle='yes'>Thi Page 1 Whole-Genome Sequence and Methylome …

Comparative Genomics of Beggiatoa leptomitoformis Strains D-401 and D-402T with Contrasting Physiology But Extremely High Level of Genomic Identity

TS Rudenko, SV Tarlachkov, ND Shatskiy… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Representatives of filamentous colorless sulfur-oxidizing bacteria often dominate in sulfide
biotopes, preventing the diffusion of toxic sulfide into the water column. One of the most …

Genomics and Biochemistry of Metabolic Pathways for the C1 Compounds Utilization in Colorless Sulfur Bacterium Beggiatoa leptomitoformis D-402

MV Orlova, SV Tarlachkov, EI Kulinchenko… - Indian journal of …, 2018 - Springer
The metabolic pathways of one-carbon compounds utilized by colorless sulfur bacterium
Beggiatoa leptomitoformis D-402 were revealed based on comprehensive analysis of its …