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Culturable bacterial symbionts isolated from two distinct sponge species (Pseudoceratina clavata and Rhabdastrella globostellata) from the Great Barrier Reef display similar phylogenetic diversityFeras F Lafi
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Microb Ecol 50:213-20. 2005..clavata and Rha. globostellata share significant features with those of other sponge species including those from widely separated geographical and climatic regions of the sea...
Gene discovery within the planctomycete division of the domain Bacteria using sequence tags from genomic DNA librariesCheryl Jenkins
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Genome Biol 3:RESEARCH0031. 2002..A random sequencing approach was applied to the genomes of two planctomycete species, Gemmata obscuriglobus and Pirellula marina, to discover genes relevant to their cell biology and physiology...- Intracellular compartmentation in planctomycetesJohn A Fuerst
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Annu Rev Microbiol 59:299-328. 2005..Organisms in phyla other than the phylum Planctomycetes may possess compartmentation similar to that of some planctomycetes, as in the case of members of the phylum Poribacteria from marine sponges... - Phylum Verrucomicrobia representatives share a compartmentalized cell plan with members of bacterial phylum PlanctomycetesKuo Chang Lee
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
BMC Microbiol 9:5. 2009..Based on the postulated superphylum relationship, we hypothesized that members of the two separate phyla Planctomycetes and Verrucomicrobia might share a similar ultrastructure plan differing from classical prokaryote organization... - Widespread distribution of poribacteria in demospongiaeFeras F Lafi
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Appl Environ Microbiol 75:5695-9. 2009..Members of divergent poribacterial clades were also found in the same sponge species in three different sponge genera... - Close relationship of RNase P RNA in Gemmata and anammox planctomycete bacteriaMargaret K Butler
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
FEMS Microbiol Lett 268:244-53. 2007..Phylogenetic analysis also revealed a possible relationship between the RNase P RNA molecules of the two anammox organisms and the genus Gemmata... - A canonical FtsZ protein in Verrucomicrobium spinosum, a member of the Bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia that also includes tubulin-producing Prosthecobacter speciesBenjamin Yee
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
BMC Evol Biol 7:37. 2007..It is therefore of interest to know whether other members of phylum Verrucomicrobia possess FtsZ or tubulin as their FtsZ-tubulin gene family representative... - Comparative analysis of ribonuclease P RNA of the planctomycetesMargaret K Butler
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:1333-44. 2004..Phylogenetic analyses indicate that relationships between planctomycetes derived from RNase P RNA are consistent with 16S rRNA-based analyses... 
Beyond the bacterium: planctomycetes challenge our concepts of microbial structure and functionJohn A Fuerst
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Nat Rev Microbiol 9:403-13. 2011....- Molecular and ultrastructural confirmation of classification of ATCC 35122 as a strain of Pirellula staleyiMargaret K Butler
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 52:1663-7. 2002..The original identification of ATCC 35122 as a strain of Pirellula staleyi is confirmed on both molecular and phenotypic grounds... - Endocytosis-like protein uptake in the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobusThierry G A Lonhienne
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Integrative Legume Research, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:12883-8. 2010..Occurrence of such ability in a bacterium is consistent with autogenous evolution of endocytosis and the endomembrane system in an ancestral noneukaryote cell... - Diversity of Mycobacterium species from marine sponges and their sensitivity to antagonism by sponge-derived rifamycin-synthesizing actinobacterium in the genus SalinisporaHiroshi Izumi
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
FEMS Microbiol Lett 313:33-40. 2010.... - Screening of rifamycin producing marine sponge bacteria by LC-MS-MSAmitha K Hewavitharana
School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 852:362-6. 2007..All strains of the marine sponge bacterium Salinispora tested were found to contain rifamycin thus an alternate actinobacterial source of rifamycin was established... - Making heads or tails of the HU proteins in the planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobusBenjamin Yee
The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Microbiology 157:2012-21. 2011..The occurrence of two such HU homologue proteins with these two different terminal extensions in one organism appears to be unique among the Bacteria... - Diversity of polyketide synthase genes from bacteria associated with the marine sponge Pseudoceratina clavata: culture-dependent and culture-independent approachesTae Kyung Kim
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Environ Microbiol 8:1460-70. 2006..All KS domains from both metagenome approaches formed a single cluster with KS domains originating from metagenomes derived from other sponge species from other geographical regions... - Discovery of a new source of rifamycin antibiotics in marine sponge actinobacteria by phylogenetic predictionTae Kyung Kim
School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:2118-25. 2006..Thus, the Salinispora group of actinobacteria represents a potential new source of rifamycins outside the genus Amycolatopsis and the first recorded source of rifamycins from marine bacteria... - Marine actinomycetes related to the "Salinospora" group from the Great Barrier Reef sponge Pseudoceratina clavataTae Kyung Kim
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Environ Microbiol 7:509-18. 2005..In vitro bioassays of extracts from the isolates for antibiotic activity demonstrated that these actinomycetes have the potential to inhibit other sponge symbionts in vivo, including both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria... - Developmental cycle and pharmaceutically relevant compounds of Salinispora actinobacteria isolated from Great Barrier Reef marine spongesYi Kai Ng
School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 97:3097-108. 2013..A useful approach for measuring and exploring the regulation of antibiotic synthesis and gene expression in the marine natural product producer S. arenicola has been established... - The cell cycle of the planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus with respect to cell compartmentalizationKuo Chang Lee
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
BMC Cell Biol 10:4. 2009..It was therefore of interest to examine the cell division cycle in G. obscuriglobus and the process of nucleoid distribution and nuclear body formation during division in this planctomycete bacterium via light and electron microscopy... - Isolation of Gemmata-like and Isosphaera-like planctomycete bacteria from soil and freshwaterJenny Wang
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
Appl Environ Microbiol 68:417-22. 2002..Two isolates from this study represent the first planctomycetes successfully cultivated from soil... - Novel protein domains and motifs in the marine planctomycete Rhodopirellula balticaDavid J Studholme
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
FEMS Microbiol Lett 236:333-40. 2004.... - The anammoxosome: an intracytoplasmic compartment in anammox bacteriaLaura A van Niftrik
Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
FEMS Microbiol Lett 233:7-13. 2004..This review will introduce different forms of intracytoplasmic membrane systems found in prokaryotes and discuss the compartmentalization in anammox bacteria and its possible functional relation to catabolism and energy transduction... - Linking ultrastructure and function in four genera of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria: cell plan, glycogen storage, and localization of cytochrome C proteinsLaura van Niftrik
Department of Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
J Bacteriol 190:708-17. 2008..Furthermore, cytochrome c proteins were detected exclusively inside the anammoxosome. This detection provides further support for the hypothesis that this organelle is the locus of anammox catabolism...