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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Structure, function, and evolution of the Thiomonas spp. genome
PLoS Genetics, Volume 6, No. 2, Article e1000859, Year 2010
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Bacteria of the Thiomonas genus are ubiquitous in extreme environments, such as arsenic-rich acid mine drainage (AMD). The genome of one of these strains, Thiomonas sp. 3As, was sequenced, annotated, and examined, revealing specific adaptations allowing this bacterium to survive and grow in its highly toxic environment. In order to explore genomic diversity as well as genetic evolution in Thiomonas spp., a comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) approach was used on eight different strains of the Thiomonas genus, including five strains of the same species. Our results suggest that the Thiomonas genome has evolved through the gain or loss of genomic islands and that this evolution is influenced by the specific environmental conditions in which the strains live. © 2010 Arsène-Ploetze et al.
Authors & Co-Authors
Arsène-Ploetze, Florence
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Koechler, Sandrine
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Marchal, Marie
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Coppeé, Jean Yves
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Chandler, Michaël
France, Toulouse
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires
Bonnefoy, Violaine
France, Marseille
Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne
Brochier-Armanet, Céline
France, Marseille
Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne
Barakat, Mohamed
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Barbe, Valérie
France, Evry
Genoscope - Centre National de Séquençage
Battaglia-Brunet, Fabienne
France, Orleans
Brgm
Bruneel, Odile
France, Montpellier
Laboratoire Hydrosciences Montpellier
Bryan, Christopher G.
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Cleiss-Arnold, Jessica
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Cruveiller, Stéphane
France, Evry
Genoscope - Centre National de Séquençage
France, Evry
Génomique Métabolique
Erhardt, Mathieu
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Heinrich-Salmeron, Audrey
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Hommais, Florence
France, Villeurbanne
Microbiologie, Adaptation et Pathogénie
Joulian, Catherine
France, Orleans
Brgm
Krin, Evelyne
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Lieutaud, Aurélie
France, Marseille
Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne
Lièvremont, Didier
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Michel, Caroline
France, Orleans
Brgm
Muller, Daniel
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
France, Villeurbanne
Ecologie Microbienne Lem
Ortet, Philippe
France, Marseille
Aix Marseille Université
Proux, Caroline
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
Siguier, Patricia
France, Toulouse
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires
Roche, David
France, Evry
Genoscope - Centre National de Séquençage
France, Evry
Génomique Métabolique
Rouy, Zoé
France, Evry
Genoscope - Centre National de Séquençage
Salvignol, Grégory
France, Evry
Génomique Métabolique
Slyemi, Djamila
France, Marseille
Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne
Talla, Emmanuel
France, Marseille
Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne
Weiss, Stéphanie
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Weissenbach, Jean S.
France, Evry
Genoscope - Centre National de Séquençage
France, Evry
Génomique Métabolique
Médigue, Claudine
France, Evry
Genoscope - Centre National de Séquençage
France, Evry
Génomique Métabolique
Bertin, Philippe N.
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Statistics
Citations: 124
Authors: 35
Affiliations: 12
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1371/journal.pgen.1000859
e-ISSN:
15537404
Research Areas
Environmental
Genetics And Genomics