Metagenomic recovery of phage genomes of uncultured freshwater actinobacteria

R Ghai, M Mehrshad, CM Mizuno… - The ISME …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Low-GC Actinobacteria are among the most abundant and widespread microbes in
freshwaters and have largely resisted all cultivation efforts. Consequently, their phages have …

Isolation of phages infecting the abundant freshwater Actinobacteriota order 'Ca. Nanopelagicales'

VS Kavagutti, MC Chiriac, R Ghai, MM Salcher… - The ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Low-GC Actinobacteriota of the order 'Ca. Nanopelagicales'(also known as acI or hgcI
clade) are abundant in freshwaters around the globe. Extensive predation pressure by …

Genomes of Planktonic Acidimicrobiales: Widening Horizons for Marine Actinobacteria by Metagenomics

CM Mizuno, F Rodriguez-Valera, R Ghai - MBio, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genomes of four novel marine Actinobacteria have been assembled from large
metagenomic data sets derived from the Mediterranean deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM) …

Metabolic potential of a single cell belonging to one of the most abundant lineages in freshwater bacterioplankton

SL Garcia, KD McMahon, M Martinez-Garcia… - The ISME …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Actinobacteria within the acI lineage are often numerically dominating in freshwater
ecosystems, where they can account for> 50% of total bacteria in the surface water …

Genomic characterization of the antiviral arsenal of Actinobacteria

H Georjon, F Tesson, H Shomar… - Microbiology, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Phages are ubiquitous in nature, and bacteria with very different genomics, metabolisms,
and lifestyles are subjected to their predation. Yet, the defence systems that allow bacteria to …

Actinobacteriophages: genomics, dynamics, and applications

GF Hatfull - Annual review of virology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Actinobacteriophages are viruses that infect bacterial hosts in the phylum Actinobacteria.
More than 17,000 actinobacteriophages have been described and over 3,000 complete …

Phylogenetic distribution of WhiB-and Lsr2-type regulators in actinobacteriophage genomes

V Sharma, A Hardy, T Luthe, J Frunzke - Microbiology Spectrum, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Viruses that infect different actinobacterial host species are known as actinobacteriophages.
They are composed of highly divergent and mosaic genomes due to frequent gene …

Genomes of the “Candidatus Actinomarinales” Order: Highly Streamlined Marine Epipelagic Actinobacteria

M López-Pérez, JM Haro-Moreno, J Iranzo… - Msystems, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT “Candidatus Actinomarinales” was defined as a subclass of exclusively marine
Actinobacteria with small cells and genomes. We have collected all the available genomes …

Microdiversification in genome-streamlined ubiquitous freshwater Actinobacteria

SM Neuenschwander, R Ghai, J Pernthaler… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Actinobacteria of the acI lineage are the most abundant microbes in freshwater systems, but
there are so far no pure living cultures of these organisms, possibly because of metabolic …

Key roles for freshwater A ctinobacteria revealed by deep metagenomic sequencing

R Ghai, CM Mizuno, A Picazo, A Camacho… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater ecosystems are critical but fragile environments directly affecting society and its
welfare. However, our understanding of genuinely freshwater microbial communities …