Fonsibacter
Research Article | Applied and Environmental ScienceMetagenome Mining Reveals Hidden Genomic Diversity of Pelagimyophages in Aquatic EnvironmentsSAR11 clade members are among the most abundant bacteria on Earth. Their study is complicated by their great diversity and difficulties in being grown and manipulated in the laboratory. On the other hand, and due to their extraordinary abundance, metagenomic data sets provide enormous richness of information about these microbes. Given the major role played by phages in the lifestyle and evolution of prokaryotic cells, the contribution...
Editor's Pick Research Article | Applied and Environmental ScienceWide Distribution of Phage That Infect Freshwater SAR11 BacteriaFonsibacter represents a significant microbial group of freshwater ecosystems. Although the genomic and metabolic features of these bacteria have been well studied, no phage infecting them has been reported. In this study, we reconstructed complete genomes of Fonsibacter and infecting phage and revealed their close relatedness to the phage infecting marine SAR11 members. Also, we illustrated that phage that infect ...