2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Exploring the rules of reductive genome evolution in free-living bacteria
| Project/Area Number |
15K14424
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Genome biology
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| Research Institution | National Institute of Genetics |
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Principal Investigator |
Nakai Ryosuke 国立遺伝学研究所, 系統生物研究センター, 特任研究員 (90637802)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
UCHIYAMA Ikuo 基礎生物学研究所, ゲノム情報研究室, 助教 (90243089)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | ゲノム進化 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study determined the complete genome sequence of Aurantimicrobium minutum, a free-living planktonic ultramicrobacterium isolated from river water in western Japan. This strain has an extremely small, streamlined genome of approximately 1.6 Mb. Such a reduction in genome size may be associated with lowering resource costs. Additionally, genomic annotation of this strain suggests that it undergoes rhodopsin-based photometabolism.
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| Free Research Field |
微生物生態学
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