IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/nat/nature/v432y2004i7019d10.1038_nature03170.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Genome sequence of Silicibacter pomeroyi reveals adaptations to the marine environment

Author

Listed:
  • Mary Ann Moran

    (University of Georgia)

  • Alison Buchan

    (Yale University)

  • José M. González

    (Universidad de La Laguna)

  • John F. Heidelberg

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • William B. Whitman

    (University of Georgia)

  • Ronald P. Kiene

    (University of South Alabama
    Dauphin Island Sea Lab)

  • James R. Henriksen

    (University of Georgia)

  • Gary M. King

    (Darling Marine Center, University of Maine)

  • Robert Belas

    (University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute)

  • Clay Fuqua

    (Indiana University)

  • Lauren Brinkac

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Matt Lewis

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Shivani Johri

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Bruce Weaver

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Grace Pai

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Jonathan A. Eisen

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Elisha Rahe

    (Indiana University)

  • Wade M. Sheldon

    (University of Georgia)

  • Wenying Ye

    (University of Georgia)

  • Todd R. Miller

    (University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute)

  • Jane Carlton

    (The Institute for Genomic Research
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)

  • David A. Rasko

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Ian T. Paulsen

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Qinghu Ren

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Sean C. Daugherty

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Robert T. Deboy

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Robert J. Dodson

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • A. Scott Durkin

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Ramana Madupu

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • William C. Nelson

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Steven A. Sullivan

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • M. J. Rosovitz

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Daniel H. Haft

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Jeremy Selengut

    (The Institute for Genomic Research)

  • Naomi Ward

    (The Institute for Genomic Research
    University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute)

Abstract

Since the recognition of prokaryotes as essential components of the oceanic food web1, bacterioplankton have been acknowledged as catalysts of most major biogeochemical processes in the sea. Studying heterotrophic bacterioplankton has been challenging, however, as most major clades have never been cultured2 or have only been grown to low densities in sea water3,4. Here we describe the genome sequence of Silicibacter pomeroyi, a member of the marine Roseobacter clade (Fig. 1), the relatives of which comprise ∼10–20% of coastal and oceanic mixed-layer bacterioplankton2,5,6,7. This first genome sequence from any major heterotrophic clade consists of a chromosome (4,109,442 base pairs) and megaplasmid (491,611 base pairs). Genome analysis indicates that this organism relies upon a lithoheterotrophic strategy that uses inorganic compounds (carbon monoxide and sulphide) to supplement heterotrophy. Silicibacter pomeroyi also has genes advantageous for associations with plankton and suspended particles, including genes for uptake of algal-derived compounds, use of metabolites from reducing microzones, rapid growth and cell-density-dependent regulation. This bacterium has a physiology distinct from that of marine oligotrophs, adding a new strategy to the recognized repertoire for coping with a nutrient-poor ocean. Figure 1 Phylogenetic tree of 16S rRNA gene sequences from the Roseobacter clade and other major marine taxa. Sequences include those from uncultured bacterioplankton (open square) and from cultured bacterioplankton isolated at very low nutrient concentrations (filled circle). Scale bar shows Jukes–Cantor evolutionary distance.

Suggested Citation

  • Mary Ann Moran & Alison Buchan & José M. González & John F. Heidelberg & William B. Whitman & Ronald P. Kiene & James R. Henriksen & Gary M. King & Robert Belas & Clay Fuqua & Lauren Brinkac & Matt Le, 2004. "Genome sequence of Silicibacter pomeroyi reveals adaptations to the marine environment," Nature, Nature, vol. 432(7019), pages 910-913, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:432:y:2004:i:7019:d:10.1038_nature03170
    DOI: 10.1038/nature03170
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03170
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1038/nature03170?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Xiaoyu Shan & Rachel E. Szabo & Otto X. Cordero, 2023. "Mutation-induced infections of phage-plasmids," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.
    2. Wei Ding & Shougang Wang & Peng Qin & Shen Fan & Xiaoyan Su & Peiyan Cai & Jie Lu & Han Cui & Meng Wang & Yi Shu & Yongming Wang & Hui-Hui Fu & Yu-Zhong Zhang & Yong-Xin Li & Weipeng Zhang, 2023. "Anaerobic thiosulfate oxidation by the Roseobacter group is prevalent in marine biofilms," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-14, December.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:432:y:2004:i:7019:d:10.1038_nature03170. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.nature.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.