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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lenassi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3744574 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20130815 8
Hortaea werneckii, ascomycetous yeast from the order Capnodiales, shows an exceptional adaptability to osmotically stressful conditions. To investigate this unusual phenotype we obtained a draft genomic sequence of a H. werneckii strain isolated from hypersaline water of solar saltern. Two of its most striking characteristics that may be associated with a halotolerant lifestyle are the large genetic redundancy and the expansion of genes encoding metal cation transporters. Although no sexual stat ...[more]