1. 'Candidatus Cloacamonas acidaminovorans': genome sequence reconstruction provides a first glimpse of a new bacterial division
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Stéphanie Bocs, Denis Le Paslier, Patrick Daegelen, Annett Kreimeyer, Rakia Chouari, Claudine Médigue, Abdelghani Sghir, Akila Ganesan, Georges N. Cohen, Zoé Rouy, Jean Weissenbach, Gabor Gyapay, Eric Pelletier, and Delphine Rivière
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DNA, Bacterial ,Séquence nucléotidique ,Genomics and Proteomics ,In silico ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Protéine microbienne ,Microbiology ,Genome ,Models, Biological ,Polymerase Chain Reaction ,Traitement anaérobique ,Traitement des eaux usées ,Candidate division ,Anaerobiosis ,Molecular Biology ,Whole genome sequencing ,Genetics ,Génome ,biology ,Bacteria ,Models, Genetic ,000 - Autres thèmes ,Q70 - Traitement des déchets agricoles ,Genomics ,Sequence Analysis, DNA ,biology.organism_classification ,Anaerobic digestion ,Metagenomics ,Proteome ,Digesteur ,Espèce nouvelle ,Genome, Bacterial - Abstract
Many microorganisms live in anaerobic environments. Most of these microorganisms have not yet been cultivated. Here, we present, from a metagenomic analysis of an anaerobic digester of a municipal wastewater treatment plant, a reconstruction of the complete genome of a bacterium belonging to the WWE1 candidate division. In silico proteome analysis indicated that this bacterium might derive most of its carbon and energy from the fermentation of amino acids, and hence, it was provisionally classified as “ Candidatus Cloacamonas acidaminovorans.” “ Candidatus Cloacamonas acidaminovorans” is probably a syntrophic bacterium that is present in many anaerobic digesters. This report highlights how environmental sequence data might provide genomic and functional information about a new bacterial clade whose members are involved in anaerobic digestion.
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- 2008