Community assembly and potential function analysis of the endophyte in Eucommia ulmoides.

Endophytes play a pivotal role in protecting host plants from both biotic and abiotic stresses, promoting the production of active components (AC) and plant growth. However, the succession of the endophyte community in Eucommia ulmoides (E. ulmoides), particularly the community assembly and function, has not been extensively investigated.

Integrated microRNA and whole-transcriptome sequencing reveals the involvement of small and long non-coding RNAs in the fiber growth of ramie plant.

Background: MicroRNAs (miRNAs) and long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are the two main types of non-coding RNAs that play crucial roles in plant growth and development. However, their specific roles in the fiber growth of ramie plant (Boehmeria nivea L. Gaud) remain largely unknown.

Enhanced degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid by a genome shuffling-modified YAB-1.

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) as an emerging persistent organic pollutant is hard to be degraded by conventional methods because of its stable physical and chemical properties. Microbial transformation is an attractive remediation approach to prevent and clean up PFOA contamination. To date, several strains of wild microbes have been reported to have limited capacity to degrade PFOA, selection of superior strains degrading PFOA become urgently necessary.

Draft Genome Sequence of the Vanadium-Leaching Bacterium Strain L19.

strain L19, isolated from stone coal soil, has the ability to perform bioleaching to release vanadium ions from mineral ore. Here, we report the draft genome sequence and annotation of the vanadium-leaching bacterium L19. These data provide information for understanding the genomic properties and mineral bioleaching mechanisms of strain L19.

Draft Genome Sequence of the Potassium Feldspar-Solubilizing Bacterium L18.

L18, isolated from potassium feldspar mining area soil, was found to be capable of solubilizing K from an insoluble K-bearing mineral source. Here, we report the draft genome sequence and annotation of the feldspar-solubilizing bacterium L18. These data provide the basis to investigate the relative impact of bacteria in feldspar solubilizing and the molecular mechanism of the potassium feldspar's dissolution.

Draft Genome Sequence of Perfluorooctane Acid-Degrading Bacterium Pseudomonas parafulva YAB-1.

Pseudomonas parafulva YAB-1, isolated from perfluorinated compound-contaminated soil, has the ability to degrade perfluorooctane acid (PFOA) compound. Here, we report the draft genome sequence and annotation of the PFOA-degrading bacterium P. parafulva YAB-1.

Pontibacillus litoralis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a sea anemone, and emended description of the genus Pontibacillus.

A facultatively anaerobic, moderately halophilic, Gram-positive, endospore-forming, motile, catalase- and oxidase-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, strain JSM 072002(T), was isolated from a sea anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) collected from the South China Sea. Strain JSM 072002(T) was able to grow with 0.5-15 % (w/v) NaCl and at pH 6.

Pontibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a sea urchin.

A Gram-positive-staining, moderately halophilic, strictly aerobic, catalase- and oxidase-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain JSM 076056(T), was isolated from a sea urchin collected from the South China Sea. Cells were motile by means of peritrichous flagella and formed ellipsoidal endospores lying in subterminal swollen sporangia. Strain JSM 076056(T) was able to grow at salinities of 2-25 % (w/v) total salts and at pH 6.

[Phylogenetic diversity of cultivable bacteria associated with a sea anemone from coast of the Naozhou island in Zhanjiang, China].

Objective: To understand the diversity of cultivable bacteria isolated from a sea anemone collected from the coastal water of the Naozbou island in the Leizhou Bay on South China Sea.

Methods: Bacteria were isolated from a sea anemone by using conventional culture-dependent method and investigated by using phylogenetic analysis based on 165 rRNA gene sequence comparisons.

Results: We isolated 126 bacteria strains from the sample on marine agar 2216 (Difco), International Streotomyces Project medium 2 agar, nutrient agar, sea water agar and humic acid agar supplemented with 0-2 mol/L NaCl.

Arthrobacter halodurans sp. nov., a new halotolerant bacterium isolated from sea water.

A novel Gram-positive, halotolerant, non-sporulating, non-motile, catalase-positive, oxidase-negative and aerobic bacterium, designated strain JSM 078085(T), was isolated from sea water collected from the South China Sea. Strain JSM 078085(T) exhibited a rod-coccus growth cycle and produced a yellow pigment. The strain was able to grow in the presence of 0-12% (w/v) NaCl and at pH 6.