| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiv154 |
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| Author | Search for: Goordial, Jacqueline; Search for: Raymond-Bouchard, Isabelle; Search for: Zolotarov, Yevgen; Search for: de Bethencourt, Luis; Search for: Ronholm, Jennifer; Search for: Shapiro, Nicole; Search for: Woyke, Tanja; Search for: Stromvik, Martina; Search for: Greer, Charles W.1 ; Search for: Bakermans, Corien; Search for: Whyte, Lyle |
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| Name affiliation | - National Research Council Canada. Energy, Mining and Environment
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| Format | Text |
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| Type | Article |
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| Journal title | FEMS Microbiology Ecology |
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| ISSN | 1574-6941 |
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| Volume | 92 |
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| Issue | 2 |
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| Article number | fiv154 |
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| Subject | Rhodococcus; Permafrost; Eurypsychrophile; Cryophile; Antarctica; Genome sequence; Subzero |
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| Abstract | The permafrost soils of the high elevation McMurdo Dry Valleys are the most cold, desiccating and oligotrophic on Earth. Rhodococcus sp. JG3 is one of very few bacterial isolates from Antarctic Dry Valley permafrost, and displays subzero growth down to −5°C. To understand how Rhodococcus sp. JG3 is able to survive extreme permafrost conditions and be metabolically active at subzero temperatures, we sequenced its genome and compared it to the genomes of 14 mesophilic rhodococci. Rhodococcus sp. JG3 possessed a higher copy number of genes for general stress response, UV protection and protection from cold shock, osmotic stress and oxidative stress. We characterized genome wide molecular adaptations to cold, and identified genes that had amino acid compositions favourable for increased flexibility and functionality at low temperatures. Rhodococcus sp. JG3 possesses multiple complimentary strategies which may enable its survival in some of the harshest permafrost on Earth. |
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| Publication date | 2015-12-03 |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 23000041 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Report a correction | Report a correction |
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Record identifier | 3366c6fa-6574-4235-9956-707ea59f3d6f | | Record created | 2016-05-31 |
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| Record modified | 2016-05-31 |
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