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Alienimonas chondri sp. nov., a novel planctomycete isolated from the biofilm o...
Vitorino, I.; Albuquerque, L.; Wiegand, S.; Kallscheuer, N.; da Costa, M.S.; Lobo-da-Cunha, A.; Jogler, C.; Lage, O.M.The phylum Planctomycetes comprises bacteria with peculiar and very unique characteristics among prokaryotes. In marine environments, macroalgae biofilms are well known for harboring planctomycetal diversity. Here, we describe a novel isolate obtained from the biofilm of the red alga Chondrus crispus collected at a rocky beach in Porto, Portugal. The novel strain LzC2T is motile, rosette-forming with spherical-...
Cultivation and functional characterization of 79 planctomycetes uncovers their...
Wiegand, S; Jogler, M; Boedeker, C; Pinto, D; Vollmers, J; Rivas-Marín, E; Kohn, T; Peeters, S.H; Heuer, A; Rast, P; Oberbeckmann, S; Bunk, B; Jeske, OWhen it comes to the discovery and analysis of yet uncharted bacterial traits, pure cultures are essential as only these allow detailed morphological and physiological characterization as well as genetic manipulation. However, microbiologists are struggling to isolate and maintain the majority of bacterial strains, as mimicking their native environmental niches adequately can be a challenging task. Here, we rep...
Pink- and orange-pigmented Planctomycetes produce saproxanthin-type carotenoids...
Kallscheuer, N.; Moreira, C.; Airs, R.; Llewellyn, C.A.; Wiegand, S.; Jogler, C.; Lage, O.M.Planctomycetes are ubiquitous and environmentally important Gram‐negative aquatic bacteria with key roles in global carbon and nitrogen cycles. Many planctomycetal species have a pink or orange colour and have been suggested to produce carotenoids. Potential applications as food colorants or anti‐oxidants have been proposed. Hitherto, the planctomycetal metabolism is largely unexplored and the strain pigmentati...