Coyne Michael J, Comstock Laurie E
Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
J Bacteriol. 2008 Jan;190(2):736-42. doi: 10.1128/JB.01559-07. Epub 2007 Nov 9.
By analyzing the genomic sequences of 12 Bacteroidales species, we found that all intestinal species have numerous polysaccharide biosynthesis loci, many with promoters that we demonstrate undergo DNA inversion. This feature is not conserved in the Bacteroidales order as a whole, as oral species do not share these genetic features.
通过分析12种拟杆菌属物种的基因组序列,我们发现所有肠道物种都有大量多糖生物合成基因座,其中许多基因座的启动子会发生DNA倒位。我们证明了这一特征在整个拟杆菌目中并不保守,因为口腔物种不具备这些遗传特征。