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The quest for biofuels fuels genome sequencing
Author(s) -
Galperin Michael Y.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.954
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1462-2920
pISSN - 1462-2912
DOI - 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01754.x
Subject(s) - biology , genome , trichoderma reesei , comparative genomics , sequence assembly , genetics , gene , hyperthermophile , genomics , microbiology and biotechnology , cellulase , transcriptome , biochemistry , archaea , cellulose , gene expression
The list of recently completed microbial genome projects (Table 1) shows further progress in sequencing genomes of poorly studied environmental bacteria. The genome of Aquifex aeolicus, sequenced 10 years ago, has been joined by genomes of two more representatives of the phylum Aquificae. The genome of Polaribacter sp. MED152, a marine member of Bacteroidetes, revealed a combination of heterotrophic metabolism with light energy capture by proteorhodopsin. In addition, six genomes from the phylum Chlorobi more than doubled the number of sequenced genomes of green sulfur bacteria.