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15993071

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-8-1
pubmed:abstractText
Gas vesicles are gas-filled prokaryotic organelles that function as flotation devices. This enables planktonic cyanobacteria and halophilic archaea to position themselves within the water column to make optimal use of light and nutrients. Few terrestrial microbes are known to contain gas vesicles. Genome sequences that have become available recently for many bacteria from non-planktonic habitats reveal gas vesicle gene clusters in members of the actinomycete genera Streptomyces, Frankia and Rhodococcus, which typically live in soils and sediments. Remarkably, there is an additional level of complexity in cluster number and gene content. Here, we discuss whether putative gas vesicle proteins in these actinomycetes might actually be involved in flotation or whether they might fulfil other cellular functions.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0966-842X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
350-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Gas vesicles in actinomycetes: old buoys in novel habitats?
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK. Geertje.van-Keulen@bbsrc.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't