Whole genome amplification approach reveals novel polyhydroxyalkanoate synthases (PhaCs) from Japan Trench and Nankai Trough seawater

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Foong, Choon Pin ^a,b   Lau, Nyok Sean ^a,b   Deguchi, Shigeru ^c   Toyofuku, Takashi ^c   Taylor, Todd D ^d   Sudesh, Kumar ^b   Matsui, Minami ^a  

^a RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genome walking; Japan seawater; Marinobacter; PHA synthase (PhaC); Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA); Whole genome amplification (WGA)

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE SYNTHASE; SEA WATER; ACYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLY(3-HYDROXYALKANOIC ACID) SYNTHASE; POLY-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER;

ACETOBACTERACEAE; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; DNA SEQUENCE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME WALKING; JAPAN; MARINOBACTER HYDROCARBONOCLASTICUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OCEANIBACULUM INDICUM; OCEANICAULIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; PSEUDOMONAS; RHODOSPIRILLUM RUBRUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISTRELLA MOBILIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARINOBACTER; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; MARINOBACTER; MARINOBACTER SP.; UNCULTURED BACTERIUM;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CUPRIAVIDUS NECATOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; JAPAN; MARINOBACTER; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYESTERS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84924098479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-014-0318-z     Document Type: Article

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