English (United Kingdom)

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/featured_content/oa?rat=en

https://curated-unify.zendy.io/wp-json/zendy-region/v1/highlighted_journal/

Global: Zendy Plus annual

Presents the access of premium content as premium feature

Premium Content

Presents the keyphrase highlighting as premium feature

Keyphrase Highlighting

Presents the summarisation as premium feature

Summarisation

Insights

Presents the pdf analysis as premium feature

PDF Analysis

Presents the zaia usage as premium feature

ZAIA

Global: Zendy Tools annual

Global: Zendy Free Plan

Global: Zendy Tools monthly

Global: Zendy Plus monthly

Acidiferrobacter spp. are facultatively anaerobic acidophiles that belong to a distinctive  Acidiferrobacteraceae  family, which are similar to  Ectothiorhodospiraceae  phylogenetically, and are closely related to  Acidithiobacillia  class/subdivision physiologically. The limited genome information has kept them from being studied on molecular taxonomy and environmental adaptation in depth. Herein,  Af. thiooxydans  ZJ was isolated from acid mine drainage (AMD), and the complete genome sequence was reported to scan its genetic constitution for taxonomic and adaptative feature exploration. The genome has a single chromosome of 3,302,271 base pairs (bp), with a GC content of 63.61%. The phylogenetic tree based on OrthoANI highlighted the unique position of  Af. thiooxydans  ZJ, which harbored more unique genes among the strains from  Ectothiorhodospiraceae  and  Acidithiobacillaceae  by pan-genome analysis. The diverse mobile genetic elements (MGEs), such as insertion sequence (IS), clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR), prophage, and genomic island (GI), have been identified and characterized in  Af. thiooxydans  ZJ. The results showed that  Af. thiooxydans  ZJ may effectively resist the infection of foreign viruses and gain functional gene fragments or clusters to shape its own genome advantageously. This study will offer more evidence of the genomic plasticity and improve our understanding of evolutionary adaptation mechanisms to extreme AMD environment, which could expand the potential utilization of  Af. thiooxydans  ZJ as an iron and sulfur oxidizer in industrial bioleaching.

Integrative Assessments on Molecular Taxonomy of Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans ZJ and Its Environmental Adaptation Based on Mobile Genetic Elements