Project description:Purpose: To compare RNASeq data of Frankia inefficax EuI1c in normal growth conditions to biphenyl-stressed Frankia inefficax EuI1c. Frankia cultures were grown for 3 days under one of three conditions before harvesting: 1.) 1 mM biphenyl stress with glucose as an alternative carbon and energy source, 2.) 1mM biphenyl with no alternative carbon or energy source, or 3.) media with glucose as a carbon and energy source (Control). RNA-seq analysis provided insight into how the the bacteria responds to biphenyl stress and exhibits biphenyl tolerance.
Project description:Purpose: To compare RNASeq data of Frankia inefficax EuI1c under selenite stress. Frankia cultures were grown for 4 days under 0.1 mM selenite stress or without selenite (Control). RNA-seq analysis provided insight into how the the bacteria responds to selenite stress and exhibits selenite tolerance.
Project description:Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen which causes acute and chronic infections that are difficult to treat. Comparative genomic analysis has showed a great genome diversity among P. aeruginosa clinical strains and revealed important regulatory traits during chronic adaptation. While current investigation of epigenetics of P. aeruginosa is still lacking, understanding the epigenetic regulation may provide biomarkers for diagnosis and reveal important regulatory mechanisms. The present study focused on characterization of DNA methyltransferases (MTases) in a chronically adapted P. aeruginosa clinical strain TBCF10839. Single-molecule real-time sequencing (SMRT-seq) was used to characterize the methylome of TBCF. RCCANNNNNNNTGAR and TRGANNNNNNTGC were identified as target motifs of DNA MTases, M.PaeTBCFI and M.PaeTBCFII, respectively.