Habitat, applications and genomics of the aerobic, thermophilic genus Geobacillus

被引：79

作者：

McMullan, G ^{[1
]}

Christie, JM ^{[1
]}

Rahman, TJ ^{[1
]}

Banat, IM ^{[1
]}

Ternan, NG ^{[1
]}

Marchant, R ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ulster, Sch Biomed Sci, Microbial Biotechnol Res Grp, Coleraine BT52 1SA, Londonderry, North Ireland

来源：

BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS | 2004年 / 32卷

关键词：

biotechnology; genomics; Geobacllus; glyphosate; quorum sensing;

D O I：

10.1042/BST0320214

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Thermophilic bacteria belonging to Bacillus genetic group 5 have been reclassified as being members of Geobacillus gen. nov., with G. stearothermophilus as the type strain. Geobacillus species, literally meaning earth or soil Bacillus, are widely distributed and readily isolated from natural and man-made thermophilic biotopes. Work within our group has however shown that an abundance of genetically distinct Geobacillus isolates can be obtained from temperate Irish soils. As with many thermophiles there is considerable interest in potential industrial application of these bacteria and their gene products. This review describes two novel applications for Geobacillus isolates, firstly in the metabolism of the herbicide glyphosate and secondly in the metabolism of quorum-sensing signal molecules from Gram-negative bacteria. Finally the current state of the art is described for Bacillus genomics, with details given of three independent genome-sequencing projects of Geobacillus isolates.

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页码：214 / 217

页数：4

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