The complete genome sequence of Chromobacterium violaceum reveals remarkable and exploitable bacterial adaptability
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2003-09
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Chromobacterium violaceum is one of millions of species of free-living
microorganisms that populate the soil and water in the extant areas
of tropical biodiversity around the world. Its complete genome
sequence reveals (i) extensive alternative pathways for energy gen-
eration, (ii) ⬇500 ORFs for transport-related proteins, (iii) complex and
extensive systems for stress adaptation and motility, and (iv) wide-
spread utilization of quorum sensing for control of inducible systems,
all of which underpin the versatility and adaptability of the organism.
The genome also contains extensive but incomplete arrays of ORFs
coding for proteins associated with mammalian pathogenicity, pos-
sibly involved in the occasional but often fatal cases of human C.
violaceum infection. There is, in addition, a series of previously
unknown but important enzymes and secondary metabolites includ-
ing paraquat-inducible proteins, drug and heavy-metal-resistance
proteins, multiple chitinases, and proteins for the detoxification of
xenobiotics that may have biotechnological applications.
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HASELKORN, Robert (ed.). The complete genome sequence of Chromobacterium violaceum, reveals remarkable and exploitable bacterial adaptability. PNAS: proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Washington, v. 100, n.20, p. 11660-11665, Sept. 2003.