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Title: Comparative genomics of the genus Desulfitobacterium

Abstract

The Desulfitobacterium genus comprises anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria, of which the majority are facultative organohalide respirers. We here present the genomes of eight strains of Desulfitobacterium spp., including five strains of Desulfitobacterium hafniense, one strain each from D. dichloroeliminans and D. metallireducens, and one strain that had not been assigned to any species prior to this study. The newly sequenced genomes were compared with four previously published desulfitobacterial genomes. The average genome sizes are 5.5, 4.3 and 3.4 Mbp for D. hafniense, D. dehalogenans and D. dichloroeliminans/metallireducens, respectively. The genomes encode up to seven reductive dehalogenases, the genomes of both D. hafniense DP7 and D. metallireducens 853–15AT did not encode any reductive dehalogenase. The latter result was a surprise as D. metallireducens 853–15AT has been reported to carry out organohalide respiration. Unlike reported for the pceABCT gene cluster, the other reductive dehalogenase gene clusters do not show any signs of being genetically mobile. All analyzed desulfitobacterial genomes encode a complete cobalamin synthesis pathway. A menaquinone synthesis pathway was found in all strains except D. dichloroeliminans DCA1T. The detailed analysis of the genome sequence of 12 desulfitobacteria from four different species confirmed that this genus has an extremely large metabolic repertoire.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [1]
  1. Wageningen Univ., Wageningen (Netherlands)
  2. Friedrich Schiller Univ., Jena (Germany)
  3. Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (Switzlerland)
  4. USDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI), Walnut Creek, CA (United States)
  5. Martin Luther Univ., Halle (Germany)
  6. Wageningen Univ., Wageningen (Netherlands); Helsinki Univ. (Finland)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1543955
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Online); Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1574-6941
Publisher:
Federation of European Microbiological Societies
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Microbiology

Citation Formats

Kruse, Thomas, Goris, Tobias, Maillard, Julien, Woyke, Tanja, Lechner, Ute, de Vos, Willem, and Smidt, Hauke. Comparative genomics of the genus Desulfitobacterium. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1093/femsec/fix135.
Kruse, Thomas, Goris, Tobias, Maillard, Julien, Woyke, Tanja, Lechner, Ute, de Vos, Willem, & Smidt, Hauke. Comparative genomics of the genus Desulfitobacterium. United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix135
Kruse, Thomas, Goris, Tobias, Maillard, Julien, Woyke, Tanja, Lechner, Ute, de Vos, Willem, and Smidt, Hauke. Wed . "Comparative genomics of the genus Desulfitobacterium". United States. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix135. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1543955.
@article{osti_1543955,
title = {Comparative genomics of the genus Desulfitobacterium},
author = {Kruse, Thomas and Goris, Tobias and Maillard, Julien and Woyke, Tanja and Lechner, Ute and de Vos, Willem and Smidt, Hauke},
abstractNote = {The Desulfitobacterium genus comprises anaerobic Gram-positive bacteria, of which the majority are facultative organohalide respirers. We here present the genomes of eight strains of Desulfitobacterium spp., including five strains of Desulfitobacterium hafniense, one strain each from D. dichloroeliminans and D. metallireducens, and one strain that had not been assigned to any species prior to this study. The newly sequenced genomes were compared with four previously published desulfitobacterial genomes. The average genome sizes are 5.5, 4.3 and 3.4 Mbp for D. hafniense, D. dehalogenans and D. dichloroeliminans/metallireducens, respectively. The genomes encode up to seven reductive dehalogenases, the genomes of both D. hafniense DP7 and D. metallireducens 853–15AT did not encode any reductive dehalogenase. The latter result was a surprise as D. metallireducens 853–15AT has been reported to carry out organohalide respiration. Unlike reported for the pceABCT gene cluster, the other reductive dehalogenase gene clusters do not show any signs of being genetically mobile. All analyzed desulfitobacterial genomes encode a complete cobalamin synthesis pathway. A menaquinone synthesis pathway was found in all strains except D. dichloroeliminans DCA1T. The detailed analysis of the genome sequence of 12 desulfitobacteria from four different species confirmed that this genus has an extremely large metabolic repertoire.},
doi = {10.1093/femsec/fix135},
journal = {FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Online)},
number = 12,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: Genetic organisation of the reductive dehalogenase encoding gene clusters (rdh-lusters) from Desulfitobacterium spp.. Bottom bars indicate rdh-clusters A-G, and strain names without species designation are given below the corresponding gene clusters. Locus tags without prefix are given above arrows (see also Table 1), gene sizes in bp aremore » given under arrows to the right. Percentage amino acid similarity between homologues reductive dehalogenases are shown under arrows to the left, * indicates reference rdh$A$ homologue. $ using an alternative start codon. Gene names are given inside arrows, reductive dehalogenases and associated genes are given an rdh prefix, unless other names have been used in the literature, see text for details. The three letter prefix has been left out for some smaller genes due to space limitations. Other genes are tnp$A$: transposase; ta, tb and tc: tat$A$, $B$ and $C$; Restric-mod: restriction modification; $B$12: vitamin B12 binding enzyme; $U$ro-: Uroporphyrinogen-Ⅲ decarboxylase; $PT$: pterrin binding enzyme; Empty arrows indicate hypothetical protein encoding genes« less

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