Genome Analysis of a Verrucomicrobial Endosymbiont With a Tiny Genome Discovered in an Antarctic Lake

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Timothy J. Williams, Michelle A. Allen, Natalia Ivanova, Marcel Huntemann, Sabrina Haque, Alyce M. Hancock, Sarah Brazendale, Ricardo Cavicchioli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic microbiology; Bacterial endosymbionts; metagenome; extreme genome reduction; genetic code 4; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; Organic Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.674758; https://doaj.org/article/78eefa6cd80049f8924c38e91bce8a6e

Organic Lake in Antarctica is a marine-derived, cold (−13∘C), stratified (oxic-anoxic), hypersaline (>200 gl–1) system with unusual chemistry (very high levels of dimethylsulfide) that supports the growth of phylogenetically and metabolically diverse microorganisms. Symbionts are not well charact...