Project description:The transcriptional response of the cyanobacteria T. elongatus to co-cultiavation with a heterotrophic partner M. ruber was examined under three varying light levels and three varying oxygen levels.
Project description:The transcriptional response of the cyanobacteria T. elongatus to co-cultiavation with a heterotrophic partner M. ruber was examined under three varying light levels and three varying oxygen levels.
Project description:A cyanobacterium, Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP1, was cultured with a heterotroph, Meiothermus ruber strain A, under a variety of conditions. A gene co-expression approach was used to infer a network of T. elongatus and M. ruber genes, with a focus on those genes from different species that were co-expressed, highlighting potential points of coordination and interaction.
Project description:Meiothermus ruber (Loginova et al. 1984) Nobre et al. 1996 is the type species of the genus Meiothermus. This thermophilic genus is of special interest, as its members share relatively low degrees of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and constitute a separate evolutionary lineage from members of the genus Thermus, from which they can generally be distinguished by their slightly lower temperature optima. The temperature related split is in accordance with the chemotaxonomic feature of the polar lipids. M. ruber is a representative of the low-temperature group. This is the first completed genome sequence of the genus Meiothermus and only the third genome sequence to be published from a member of the family Thermaceae. The 3,097,457 bp long genome with its 3,052 protein-coding and 53 RNA genes is a part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.