| Literature DB >> 11722934 |
Z Zhong1, A Toukdarian, D Helinski, V Knauf, S Sykes, J E Wilkinson, C O'Bryne, T Shea, C DeLoughery, R Caspi.
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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.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11722934 PMCID: PMC93371 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5771-5779.2001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792