title: Novel antibacterial proteins from the microbial communities associated with the sponge Cymbastela concentrica and the green alga Ulva australis.
abstract: The functional metagenomic screening of the microbial communities associated with a temperate marine sponge and a green alga identified three novel hydrolytic enzymes with antibacterial activities. The results suggest that uncultured alpha- and gammaproteobacteria contain new classes of proteins that may be a source of antibacterial agents.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
authors.forename: Pui Yi
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: Matt
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kjelleberg
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D020563:Gammaproteobacteria / Q000201:enzymology*; D056186:Metagenomics; D059013:Microbial Consortia / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D011161:Porifera / Q000382:microbiology*; D044445:Ulva / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements