Disease relevance of Chloroflexi

• Among the green bacteria, only the Chlorobiaceae but not the likewise chlorosome-containing Chloroflexaceae contain lipopolysaccharide [1].
• The restriction-modification system HgiDI from Herpetosiphon giganteus strain Hpa2 has been cloned in E. coli in a two-step procedure [2].

High impact information on Chloroflexi

• These results challenge previous conclusions based on 16S ribosomal RNA and Hsp60/Hsp70 analyses that green nonsulfur bacteria or heliobacteria are the earliest phototrophs [3].
• Bacterial communities in the methane hydrate-bearing sediments were dominated by members of the JS1 group, Planctomycetes, and Chloroflexi [4].
• Stepwise cloning and molecular characterization of the HgiDI restriction-modification system from Herpetosiphon giganteus Hpa2 [2].
• As sulfate was still available as an electron acceptor in these layers, the abundance of Chloroflexi might be promoted by the electron donor or the quality of the carbon source [5].
• In particular, the members of the Chloroflexi were strongly MAR positive in the culture without NH4+ addition, in which nitrifying bacteria tended to decay [6].

Chemical compound and disease context of Chloroflexi

• Sequential reductive dechlorination of meta-chlorinated polychlorinated biphenyl congeners in sediment microcosms by two different Chloroflexi phylotypes [7].
• Carotenoid glucosides and menaquinones from the gliding bacterium Herpetosiphon giganteus Hp a2 [8].
• The gliding bacterium Herpetosiphon giganteus Hp a2 was shown to contain gamma-carotene, one monoglucosyloxy and two new diglucosyloxy carotenoids with a x-O-acyldiglucosyloxy carotenoid as main component [8].

Biological context of Chloroflexi

• Molecular characterization of novel red green nonsulfur bacteria from five distinct hot spring communities in Yellowstone National Park [9].

Gene context of Chloroflexi

• Channel-forming (Porin) activity in Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Hp a2 [10].
• Thermobaculum terrenum gen. nov., sp. nov.: a non-phototrophic gram-positive thermophile representing an environmental clone group related to the Chloroflexi (green non-sulfur bacteria) and Thermomicrobia [11].

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