Analysis of the Pseudoalteromonas tunicata genome reveals properties of a surface-associated life style in the marine environment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Thomas, Torsten ^a   Evans, Flavia F ^a   Schleheck, David ^a,c   Mai Prochnow, Anne ^a,d   Burke, Catherine ^a   Penesyan, Anahit ^a   Dalisay, Doralyn S ^e   Stelzer Braid, Sacha ^a,g   Saunders, Neil ^f   Johnson, Justin ^b   Ferriera, Steve ^b   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a   Egan, Suhelen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS TUNICATA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPOSON; ALTEROMONAS; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS TUNICATA;

ALTEROMONAS; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERS; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIRULENCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 53249097845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003252     Document Type: Article

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