[FeFe] hydrogenase genetic diversity provides insight into molecular adaptation in a saline microbial mat community

Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Jul;75(13):4620-3. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00582-09. Epub 2009 May 8.

Abstract

Degenerate primers for the [FeFe] hydrogenase (hydA) were developed and used in PCRs to examine hydA in microbial mats that inhabit saltern evaporative ponds in Guerrero Negro (GN), Mexico. A diversity of deduced HydA was discovered that revealed unique variants, which may reflect adaptation to the environmental conditions present in GN.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
  • DNA Primers / genetics
  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics
  • Geologic Sediments / microbiology*
  • Hydrogenase / genetics*
  • Mexico
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • DNA Primers
  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Hydrogenase

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