The complete alk sequences of Rhodococcus erythropolis from Lake Baikal

BACKGROUND: Rhodococci are bacteria able to degrade a wide range of hydrocarbons, including the alkanes present in crude oil, due to alk genes in their genomes. FINDINGS: Genome sequencing of DNA from Rhodococcus erythropolis strain 4 (obtained from a deep-water bitumen mound) revealed four alk gene...

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Autores principales: Likhoshvay, Alexander, Lomakina, Anna, Grachev, Mihail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2014
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4227987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25392791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-621
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Rhodococci are bacteria able to degrade a wide range of hydrocarbons, including the alkanes present in crude oil, due to alk genes in their genomes. FINDINGS: Genome sequencing of DNA from Rhodococcus erythropolis strain 4 (obtained from a deep-water bitumen mound) revealed four alk genes, and the predicted amino acid sequences coded by these genes were highly conserved, having sections up to 11 amino acid residues. CONCLUSIONS: Obtained four genes from Rhodococcus erythropolis were similar to corresponding genes from other bacteria collected from other environments, including marine sources. This indicated a large-scale horizontal alk gene transfer between bacteria from different subgenera.

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