Globally distributed Myxococcota with photosynthesis gene clusters illuminate the origin and evolution of a potentially chimeric lifestyle

L Li, D Huang, Y Hu, NM Rudling, DP Canniffe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photosynthesis is a fundamental biogeochemical process, thought to be restricted to a few
bacterial and eukaryotic phyla. However, understanding the origin and evolution of …

The functional microbiome of arthropods

M Degli Esposti, E Martinez Romero - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Many studies on the microbiome of animals have been reported but a comprehensive
analysis is lacking. Here we present a meta-analysis on the microbiomes of arthropods and …

Biohybrid photoheterotrophic metabolism for significant enhancement of biological nitrogen fixation in pure microbial cultures

B Wang, K Xiao, Z Jiang, J Wang, CY Jimmy… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
We induce the coating of biocompatible cadmium sulfide (CdS) nanoparticles (NPs) on the
living cell surface of a versatile photoheterotrophic bacterium, Rhodopseudomonas …

16S rDNA Sequencing-Based Insights into the Bacterial Community Structure and Function in Co-Existing Soil and Coal Gangue

M Ruan, Z Hu, Q Zhu, Y Li, X Nie - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coal gangue is a solid waste emitted during coal production. Coal gangue is deployed
adjacent to mining land and has characteristics similar to those of the soils of these areas …

Diverse arrangement of photosynthetic gene clusters in aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria

Q Zheng, R Zhang, M Koblížek, EN Boldareva… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background Aerobic anoxygenic photototrophic (AAP) bacteria represent an important
group of marine microorganisms inhabiting the euphotic zone of the ocean. They harvest …

Transcriptional response of the photoheterotrophic marine bacterium Dinoroseobacter shibae to changing light regimes

J Tomasch, R Gohl, B Bunk, MS Diez… - The ISME …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Bacterial aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis (AAP) is an important mechanism of energy
generation in aquatic habitats, accounting for up to 5% of the surface ocean's photosynthetic …

The blue light-dependent LOV-protein LdaP of Dinoroseobacter shibae acts as antirepressor of the PpsR repressor, regulating photosynthetic gene cluster …

S Pucelik, M Becker, S Heyber, L Wöhlbrand… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In the marine α-proteobacterium Dinoroseobacter shibae more than 40 genes of the aerobic
anoxygenic photosynthesis are regulated in a light-dependent manner. A genome-wide …

The complex transcriptional landscape of magnetosome gene clusters in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense

M Dziuba, CN Riese, L Borgert, M Wittchen, T Busche… - Msystems, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Magnetosomes are complex membrane organelles synthesized by magnetotactic bacteria
(MTB) for navigation in the Earth's magnetic field. In the alphaproteobacterium …

Genomic Analysis of the Evolution of Phototrophy among Haloalkaliphilic Rhodobacterales

K Kopejtka, J Tomasch, Y Zeng, M Tichý… - Genome Biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
A characteristic feature of the order Rhodobacterales is the presence of a large number of
photoautotrophic and photoheterotrophic species containing bacteriochlorophyll …

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria correlate with picophytoplankton across the Atlantic Ocean but show unique vertical bioenergetics

CR Gazulla, M Koblížek, JM Mercado… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are a common part of microbial
communities in the sunlit ocean. They contain bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a)‐based …