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Sequence analysis of a 101-kilobase plasmid required for agar degradation by a Microscilla isolate.


ABSTRACT: An agar-degrading marine bacterium identified as a Microscilla species was isolated from coastal California marine sediment. This organism harbored a single 101-kb circular DNA plasmid designated pSD15. The complete nucleotide sequence of pSD15 was obtained, and sequence analysis indicated a number of genes putatively encoding a variety of enzymes involved in polysaccharide utilization. The most striking feature was the occurrence of five putative agarase genes. Loss of the plasmid, which occurred at a surprisingly high frequency, was associated with loss of agarase activity, supporting the sequence analysis results.

SUBMITTER: Zhong Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC93371 | biostudies-literature | 2001 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Sequence analysis of a 101-kilobase plasmid required for agar degradation by a Microscilla isolate.

Zhong Z Z   Toukdarian A A   Helinski D D   Knauf V V   Sykes S S   Wilkinson J E JE   O'Bryne C C   Shea T T   DeLoughery C C   Caspi R R  

Applied and environmental microbiology 20011201 12


An agar-degrading marine bacterium identified as a Microscilla species was isolated from coastal California marine sediment. This organism harbored a single 101-kb circular DNA plasmid designated pSD15. The complete nucleotide sequence of pSD15 was obtained, and sequence analysis indicated a number of genes putatively encoding a variety of enzymes involved in polysaccharide utilization. The most striking feature was the occurrence of five putative agarase genes. Loss of the plasmid, which occurr  ...[more]

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