title: A novel uncultured heterotrophic bacterial associate of the cyanobacterium Moorea producens JHB.
abstract: Filamentous tropical marine cyanobacteria such as Moorea producens strain JHB possess a rich community of heterotrophic bacteria on their polysaccharide sheaths; however, these bacterial communities have not yet been adequately studied or characterized.
  
  
  
  Through efforts to sequence the genome of this cyanobacterial strain, the 5.99 MB genome of an unknown bacterium emerged from the metagenomic information, named here as Mor1. Analysis of its genome revealed that the bacterium is heterotrophic and belongs to the phylum Acidobacteria, subgroup 22; however, it is only 85 % identical to the nearest cultured representative. Comparative genomics further revealed that Mor1 has a large number of genes involved in transcriptional regulation, is completely devoid of transposases, is not able to synthesize the full complement of proteogenic amino acids and appears to lack genes for nitrate uptake. Mor1 was found to be present in lab cultures of M. producens collected from various locations, but not other cyanobacterial species. Diverse efforts failed to culture the bacterium separately from filaments of M. producens JHB. Additionally, a co-culturing experiment between M. producens JHB possessing Mor1 and cultures of other genera of cyanobacteria indicated that the bacterium was not transferable.
  
  
  
  The data presented support a specific relationship between this novel uncultured bacterium and M. producens, however, verification of this proposed relationship cannot be done until the "uncultured" bacterium can be cultured.
authors: Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.|Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
authors: Milo E
authors: ME
authors: Cummings
authors: Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
authors: Debby
authors: D
authors: Barbé
authors: Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
authors: Tiago Ferreira
authors: TF
authors: Leao
authors: Department of Statistical Modelling, St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.|Center for Algorithmic Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
authors: Anton
authors: A
authors: Korobeynikov
authors: Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
authors: Niclas
authors: N
authors: Engene
authors: Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
authors: Evgenia
authors: E
authors: Glukhov
authors: Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.|Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
authors: William H
authors: WH
authors: Gerwick
authors: Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA. lgerwick@ucsd.edu.
authors: Lena
authors: L
authors: Gerwick
mesh_terms: D061271:Acidobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D000458:Cyanobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D052836:Heterotrophic Processes; D008386:Marine Biology; D056186:Metagenomics; D059013:Microbial Consortia; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D009566:Nitrates / Q000378:metabolism; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D000071696:Proteogenomics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009566:Nitrates; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D009584:Nitrogen