Table 2 General features of the genomes of two Polynucleobacter strains representing lineages F10 and F17, and examples for differences in gene content between the two genomes

From: Complete ecological isolation and cryptic diversity in Polynucleobacter bacteria not resolved by 16S rRNA gene sequences

Feature/genes

QLW-P1DMWA-1

MWH-MoK4

Origin

Pond-1

Lake Mondsee

RLBH groupa

F10

F17

Genome size (Mbp)

2.16

2.03

GC content (mol%)

44.8

45.2

Coding bases (% of total)

93.1

93.5

Protein-coding genes

2088

2059

RNA-coding genes

48

48

Replicons

1

1

Ribosomal operons

1

1

Acc. number genome

CP000655

CP007501

Acc. number 16S rRNA

AJ879783

AJ550654

Inorganic nutrients

 Phosphate/phosphite/phosphonate ABC transporter

+

 ABC-type Fe3+ transport system

+

 ABC-type Fe3+-hydroxamate transport system/ABC-type cobalamin/Fe3+-siderophores transporter

+

 feoAB genes (uptake of Fe2+)

+

 ABC-type nitrate/nitrite/cyanate transporter

+

 Nitrate reductase (assimilatory)

+

 Nitrite reductase (assimilatory)

+

 Cyanate lyase (releases NH3 and CO2 from cyanate)

+

 Urease and ABC-type urease transporter

+

 Amt family ammonia transporter

1 gene

2 genes

 Regulation of K+ transport (kdpD/kdpE)

+

Oxidative phosphorylation/energy metabolism

 Cytochrome bd-I terminal oxidase (CydAB)

+

 Fumarate reductase

+

 Carbon monoxide dehydrogenase

+

 Acetate permease actP

+

Anoxygenic photosynthesis

 Photosynthesis gene cluster

+

Motility

  

 Flagella genes

+

 Putative sigma-54

+

Oxidative stress

  

 Catalase

2 genes

Other

  

 Cellulose synthase operon protein C

+

 Cellulose synthase catalytic subunit (UDP-forming)

+

  1. Abbreviations: RLBH, reverse line blot hybridization; rRNA, ribosomal RNA.
  2. aRLBH group (Jezbera et al., 2011).