Whole genome sequence comparisons in taxonomoy

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dc.contributor.author Borriss, Rainer
dc.contributor.author Rueckert, Christian
dc.contributor.author Blom, Jochen
dc.contributor.author Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver
dc.contributor.author Reva, Oleg N.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-12-05T11:31:26Z
dc.date.available 2016-12-05T11:31:26Z
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.description.abstract This chapter is devoted to application of whole genome sequence comparisons in taxonomy. Driven by the rapid progress in sequencing technologies, “low budget” bacterial genomes become increasingly available in a nearly unlimited number. During finalizing this chapter, completed genomes representing 1,604 bacterial and 85 archaeal species were present in the public data bank (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sutils/genom_table.cgi) reflecting the enormous progress made within sequencing microbial genomes in the last years. With the advent of next generation sequencing, whole genome sequence comparisons will be more and more important for taxonomy, especially valuable in elucidating relationship of groups of closely related bacterial strains which might form a single taxon, a subspecies or just an ecovar within a given species. The aim of this chapter is to hand out a tool set for applying genomics to the interested taxonomist. Using these tools might prove as being useful especially in refining groups of closely related strains, which are not resolved by their 16S rRNA sequence. Here, we will exemplify this approach by selecting a specific group of plant – associated Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strains with plant growth promoting properties. In recent years, those strains were increasingly applied as biological substitutes of agrochemicals, mainly used as biofertilizer and for biocontrol of phytopathogenic microorganisms, and nematodes (Chen et al., 2007). en_ZA
dc.description.department Biochemistry en_ZA
dc.description.librarian hb2016 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/05809517 en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Borriss, R, Rueckert, C, Blom, J, Bezuidt, O, Reva, O & Klenk, HP 2011, 'Whole genome sequence comparisons in Taxonomoy', Methods in Microbiology, vol. 38, pp. 409-436. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 0580-9517
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58350
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Elsevier en_ZA
dc.rights © 2011 Elsevier. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Methods in Microbiology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. A definitive version was subsequently published in Methods in Microbiology, vol. 38, pp. 409-436. en_ZA
dc.subject Taxonomy en_ZA
dc.subject Whole genome sequence comparisons en_ZA
dc.subject Bacillus amyloliquefaciens en_ZA
dc.title Whole genome sequence comparisons in taxonomoy en_ZA
dc.type Book chapter en_ZA


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