title: Formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase sequences from salt marsh plant roots reveal a diversity of acetogenic bacteria and other bacterial functional groups.
abstract: Sixty-two partial formyltetrahydrofolate synthetase (FTHFS) structural gene sequences were recovered from roots of salt marsh plants, including Spartina alterniflora, Salicornia virginica, and Juncus roemerianus. Only S. alterniflora roots yielded sequences grouping with FTHFS sequences from known acetogens. Most other FTHFS or FTHFS-like sequences grouped with those from sulfate-reducing bacteria. Several sequences that grouped with Sphingomonas paucimobilis ligH were also recovered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Leaphart
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Friez
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Lovell
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism*; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D019663:Chenopodiaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D017753:Ecosystem; D005574:Formate-Tetrahydrofolate Ligase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000382:microbiology*; D006109:Poaceae / Q000382:microbiology*; D012623:Seawater; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D016999:Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D005574:Formate-Tetrahydrofolate Ligase