Genome of Methanoregula Boonei 6A8 Reveals Adaptations To Oligotrophic Peatland Environments
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Suzanna Brauer Ph.D., Associate Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Analysis of the genome sequence of Methanoregula boonei strain 6A8, an acidophilic methanogen isolated from an ombrotrophic (rain-fed) peat bog, has revealed unique features that likely allow it to survive in acidic, nutrient-poor conditions. First, M. boonei is predicted to generate ATP using protons that are abundant in peat, rather than sodium ions that are scarce, and the sequence of a membrane-bound methyltransferase, believed to pump Na+ in all methanogens, shows differences in key amino acid residues. Further, perhaps re?ecting the hypokalemic status of many peat bogs, M. boonei demonstrates redundancy in the predicted potassium uptake genes trk, kdp and kup, some of which may have been horizontally transferred to methanogens from bacteria, possibly Geobacter spp. Overall, the putative functions of the potassium uptake, ATPase and methyltransferase genes may, at least in part, explain the cosmopolitan success of group E1/E2 and related methanogenic archaea in acidic peat bogs.
Genome of Methanoregula Boonei 6A8 Reveals Adaptations To Oligotrophic Peatland Environments
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- Publication
- Suzanna Brauer, Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, Nikos Kyrpides, Tanja Woyke, Lynne Goodwin, Chris Detter, Sheila Podell, Joseph B. Yavitt, and Stephen H. Zinder (2015) "Genome of Methanoregula Boonei 6A8 Reveals Adaptations To Oligotrophic Peatland Environments" Microbiology #161 pp.1572-1581 Version of Record Available From (www.microbiologyresearch.org)
- Language: English
- Date: 2015
- Keywords
- genome, genome sequence, methanoregula boonei