February 2022 archive

The dataset comprises a whole-genome sequence of Ruegeria sp. PBVC088, a symbiotic (Gram-negative) bacterium associated with Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum, which has been associated with harmful algal blooms in the coastal waters of west Sabah, Malaysia. Harmful algal blooms contribute to economic losses for the aquaculture industry, as well as human illnesses and fatalities due to paralytic shellfish poisoning. Bacteria-algae dynamics have posited that the interaction is potentially…

The dataset comprises a whole-genome sequence of Ruegeria sp. PBVC088, a symbiotic (Gram-negative) bacterium associated with Pyrodinium bahamense var. compressum, which has been associated with harmful algal blooms in the coastal waters of west Sabah, Malaysia. Harmful algal blooms contribute to economic losses for the aquaculture industry, as well as human illnesses and fatalities due to paralytic shellfish poisoning. Bacteria-algae dynamics have posited that the interaction is potentially…

The cysteine aspartic acid-specific protease (caspase) family is distributed across vertebrates and invertebrates, and its members are involved in apoptosis and response to cellular stress. The Zhikong scallop (Chlamys farreri) is a bivalve mollusc that is well adapted to complex marine environments, yet the diversity of caspase homologues and their expression patterns in the Zhikong scallop remain largely unknown. Here, we identified 30 caspase homologues in the genome of the Zhikong scallop…

A bacterial strain, designated J12C1-MA-4^(T), was isolated from liquid culture of the dinoflagellate Ceratoperidinium margalefii. The bacterium was Gram-negative, aerobic, and rod-shaped. Oxidase and catalase were positive. Optimal growth was observed at 30 °C, pH 7.0, in the presence of 1% (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene and a 92 core gene set suggested that the strain J12C1-MA-4^(T) belongs to the family Rhodobacteraceae in the class Alphaproteobacteria and represents…

A bacterial strain, designated J12C1-MA-4^(T), was isolated from liquid culture of the dinoflagellate Ceratoperidinium margalefii. The bacterium was Gram-negative, aerobic, and rod-shaped. Oxidase and catalase were positive. Optimal growth was observed at 30 °C, pH 7.0, in the presence of 1% (w/v) NaCl. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA gene and a 92 core gene set suggested that the strain J12C1-MA-4^(T) belongs to the family Rhodobacteraceae in the class Alphaproteobacteria and represents…

Two yellow-pigmented bacterial strains, LZ-14 ^(T) and ABI-LZ29, were isolated from the cultivable phycosphere microbiota of the highly toxic marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella LZT09 and demonstrated obvious microalgae growth-promoting potentials toward the algal host. To elucidate the taxonomic status of the two bioactive bacterial strains, they were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic characterization. Both strains were found to be Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and motile; to…

Two yellow-pigmented bacterial strains, LZ-14 ^(T) and ABI-LZ29, were isolated from the cultivable phycosphere microbiota of the highly toxic marine dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella LZT09 and demonstrated obvious microalgae growth-promoting potentials toward the algal host. To elucidate the taxonomic status of the two bioactive bacterial strains, they were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic characterization. Both strains were found to be Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped and motile; to…