Single cell genomics of deep ocean bacteria

Weizhou Zhao; Siv G E Andersson

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2014.03.002

Single cell genomics of deep ocean bacteria

Trends Microbiol. 2014 May;22(5):233-4. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.03.002. Epub 2014 Mar 27.

Authors

Weizhou Zhao¹, Siv G E Andersson²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Evolution, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
² Department of Molecular Evolution, Cell and Molecular Biology, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Electronic address: Siv.Andersson@icm.uu.se.

PMID: 24684969
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.03.002

Abstract

SAR11 is one of the most abundant bacterioplanktons in the upper surface waters of the oceans. In a recent issue of The ISME Journal, Thrash and colleagues present the genomes of four single SAR11 cells isolated from the deep oceans that are enriched in genes for membrane biosynthetic functions.

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MeSH terms

Alphaproteobacteria / genetics*
Genes, rRNA*
Phylogeny*
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics*
Seawater / microbiology*

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S