Beyond the bacterium: planctomycetes challenge our concepts of microbial structure and function

Two new families of the FtsZ-tubulin protein superfamily implicated in membrane remodeling in diverse bacteria and archaea

(2010) Kira S Makarova et al.   Biology Direct

Origin of the cell nucleus, mitosis and sex: roles of intracellular coevolution

(2010) Thomas Cavalier-Smith   Biology Direct

A predicted physicochemically distinct sub-proteome associated with the intracellular organelle of the anammox bacterium Kuenenia stuttgartiensis

(2010) Marnix H. Medema et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Planctomycetes dominate biofilms on surfaces of the kelp Laminaria hyperborea

(2010) Mia M Bengtsson et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Phylogenetic diversity and metagenomics of candidate division OP3

(2010) Jana Glöckner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Functional microdomains in bacterial membranes

(2010) D. Lopez et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Single-cell genomics reveals the lifestyle of Poribacteria, a candidate phylum symbiotically associated with marine sponges

(2010) Alexander Siegl et al.   ISME Journal

Broad-spectrum antibiotic resistance of Planctomycetes organisms determined by Etest

(2010) C. Cayrou et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular Detection of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing (Anammox) Bacteria in High-Temperature Petroleum Reservoirs

(2010) Hui Li et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Membrane invagination in Rhodobacter sphaeroides is initiated at curved regions of the cytoplasmic membrane, then forms both budded and fully detached spherical vesicles

(2010) Jaimey D. Tucker et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Intracellular localization of membrane-bound ATPases in the compartmentalized anammox bacterium ‘Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis’

(2010) Laura Van Niftrik et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Endocytosis-like protein uptake in the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus

(2010) T. G. A. Lonhienne et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Nitrospira metagenome illuminates the physiology and evolution of globally important nitrite-oxidizing bacteria

(2010) S. Lucker et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacteria with a eukaryotic touch: A glimpse of ancient evolution?

(2010) P. Forterre et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sewage Treatment with Anammox

(2010) B. Kartal et al.   SCIENCE

Life cycle analysis of the model organism Rhodopirellula baltica SH 1T by transcriptome studies

(2010) Patricia Wecker et al.   Microbial Biotechnology

Complete genome sequence of Pirellula staleyi type strain (ATCC 27377T)

(2010) Alicia Clum et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces limnophilus type strain (Mü 290T)

(2010) Kurt LaButti et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

The Compartmentalized Bacteria of the Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae Superphylum Have Membrane Coat-Like Proteins

(2010) Rachel Santarella-Mellwig et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

An intracellular pH gradient in the anammox bacterium Kuenenia stuttgartiensis as evaluated by 31P NMR

(2009) Wouter R. L. van der Star et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Biophysical properties of membrane lipids of anammox bacteria: I. Ladderane phospholipids form highly organized fluid membranes

(2009) Henry A. Boumann et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

The cell cycle of the planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus with respect to cell compartmentalization

(2009) Kuo-Chang Lee et al.   BMC CELL BIOLOGY

Phylum Verrucomicrobia representatives share a compartmentalized cell plan with members of bacterial phylum Planctomycetes

(2009) Kuo-Chang Lee et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Biochemistry and molecular biology of anammox bacteria

(2009) Mike S. M. Jetten et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

First and last ancestors: reconstructing evolution of the endomembrane system with ESCRTs, vesicle coat proteins, and nuclear pore complexes

(2009) Mark C Field et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Bacterial community shifts in taxa and diversity in response to localized organic loading in the deep sea

(2009) Shana K. Goffredi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of key proteins involved in the anammox reaction

(2009) Roger Karlsson et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Paracrine signaling in a bacterium

(2009) D. Lopez et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Phylogenomics of Sterol Synthesis: Insights into the Origin, Evolution, and Diversity of a Key Eukaryotic Feature

(2009) Elie Desmond et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Zavarzinella formosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel stalked, Gemmata-like planctomycete from a Siberian peat bog

(2009) I. S. Kulichevskaya et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Phycisphaera mikurensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine alga, and proposal of Phycisphaeraceae fam. nov., Phycisphaerales ord. nov. and Phycisphaerae classis nov. in the phylum Planctomycetes

(2009) Yukiyo Fukunaga et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

An improved isolation method for attached-living Planctomycetes of the genus Rhodopirellula

(2009) Nadine Winkelmann et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Another way to divide: the case of anammox bacteria

(2009) Reinhard Rachel   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cell division ring, a new cell division protein and vertical inheritance of a bacterial organelle in anammox planctomycetes

(2009) Laura van Niftrik et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Deep phylogeny, ancestral groups and the four ages of life

(2009) T. Cavalier-Smith   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Whole-proteome phylogeny of prokaryotes by feature frequency profiles: An alignment-free method with optimal feature resolution

(2009) S.-R. Jun et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Novel lineages of Planctomycetes densely colonize the alkaline gut of soil-feeding termites (Cubitermes spp.)

(2008) Tim Köhler et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The microbial nitrogen cycle

(2008) Mike S. M. Jetten   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A microdiversity study of anammox bacteria reveals a novelCandidatusScalindua phylotype in marine oxygen minimum zones

(2008) Dagmar Woebken et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in a granular sludge anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) reactor

(2008) Zhe-Xue Quan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Singulisphaera acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-filamentous, Isosphaera-like planctomycete from acidic northern wetlands

(2008) I. S. Kulichevskaya et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Presence and activity of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria at deep-sea hydrothermal vents

(2008) Nathalie Byrne et al.   ISME Journal

Chromatin Organization and Radio Resistance in the Bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus

(2008) A. Lieber et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

NEW PRIMERS FOR AMPLIFICATION OF THE PLANCTOMYCETES 16S rRNA GENE FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES

(2008) QINGLONG SHU et al.   JOURNAL OF RAPID METHODS AND AUTOMATION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Anammox bacteria: from discovery to application

(2008) J. Gijs Kuenen   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

A unique cell division machinery in the Archaea

(2008) A.-C. Lindas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Detailed proteome analysis of growing cells of the planctomyceteRhodopirellula baltica SH1T

(2008) Cao Xuan Hieu et al.   PROTEOMICS