Polysaccharide Utilization Loci: Fueling Microbial Communities
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · Lethbridge Research and Development Centre · +2 more institutions
Abstract
ABSTRACT The complex carbohydrates of terrestrial and marine biomass represent a rich nutrient source for free-living and mutualistic microbes alike. The enzymatic saccharification of these diverse substrates is of critical importance for fueling a variety of complex microbial communities, including marine, soil, ruminant, and monogastric microbiota. Consequently, highly specific carbohydrate-active enzymes, recognition proteins, and transporters are enriched in the genomes of certain species and are of critical importance in competitive environments. In Bacteroidetes bacteria, these systems are organized as polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs), which are strictly regulated, colocalized gene clusters that…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 43.21
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 159
Authors
5- JMJulie M. GrondinCorresponding
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre
- KTKazune Tamura
University of British Columbia
- GDGuillaume Déjean
University of British Columbia
- DWD. Wade Abbott
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research and Development Centre, Canadian Glycomics Network
- HBHarry Brumer
University of British Columbia, Canadian Glycomics Network
Topics & keywords
- Biology
- Computational biology
- Genome
- Bacteroidetes
- Metagenomics
- Symbiotic bacteria
- Enzyme
- Gene
- Life below water