A small predatory core genome in the divergent marine Bacteriovorax marinus SJ and the terrestrial Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-160

  Crossman, Lisa C ^a,b   Chen, Huan ^c   Cerdeño Tárraga, Ana M ^d   Brooks, Karen ^e   Quail, Michael A ^e   Pineiro, Silvia A ^f   Hobley, Laura ^g   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^g   Bentley, Stephen D ^e   Parkhill, Julian ^e   Williams, Henry N ^c   Stine, O Colin ^h  

^a EARLHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EUROPEAN BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriovorax; BALO; Bdellovibrio; genome sequence; host interaction locus; subtractive hybridization

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; DATABASE; DIVERGENCE; GENOME; HYBRIDIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BDELLOVIBRIO; CLASSIFICATION; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BDELLOVIBRIO; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOVORAX; BACTERIOVORAX MARINUS; BDELLOVIBRIO; BDELLOVIBRIO BACTERIOVORUS; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SP.; MYXOCOCCALES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84871379372     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.90     Document Type: Article

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