{"title":"Genomic analysis of Pseudoalteromonas sp. SD03 reveals its potential in chitin hydrolysis","authors":"Yu-Xuan Jiang, Wen-Yue Xu, Hui Liu, Si-Qi Lin, Sha-Sha Liu, Xi-Ying Zhang, Yan-Ru Dang","doi":"10.1016/j.margen.2025.101215","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><em>Pseudoalteromonas</em> sp. SD03, a marine bacterium capable of chitin degradation, was isolated from Antarctic surface water. Here, the genome of strain SD03 was sequenced and the chitin metabolic pathways were constructed. The genome of strain SD03 contained two circular chromosomes and one plasmid totaling 4,326,719 bp with a G + C content of 40.27%. A total of 4005 protein-coding sequences were predicted. Gene annotation and metabolic pathway reconstruction confirmed that strain SD03 possessed intact gene clusters for the hydrolytic chitin degradation pathway. Chitin represents the predominant polysaccharide in marine ecosystems. The degradation and recycling of chitin, mediated by marine bacteria, underpin critical biogeochemical cycling processes of carbon and nitrogen in marine environments. The genomic information of strain SD03 revealed its genetic potential involved in chitin metabolism. The strain SD03 could grow with colloidal chitin as the sole carbon source, indicating that these genes would have functions in chitin degradation and utilization. These findings provide genomic insights into the biogeochemical cycling of marine chitin in polar environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":18321,"journal":{"name":"Marine genomics","volume":"83 ","pages":"Article 101215"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Marine genomics","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1874778725000510","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GENETICS & HEREDITY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Pseudoalteromonas sp. SD03, a marine bacterium capable of chitin degradation, was isolated from Antarctic surface water. Here, the genome of strain SD03 was sequenced and the chitin metabolic pathways were constructed. The genome of strain SD03 contained two circular chromosomes and one plasmid totaling 4,326,719 bp with a G + C content of 40.27%. A total of 4005 protein-coding sequences were predicted. Gene annotation and metabolic pathway reconstruction confirmed that strain SD03 possessed intact gene clusters for the hydrolytic chitin degradation pathway. Chitin represents the predominant polysaccharide in marine ecosystems. The degradation and recycling of chitin, mediated by marine bacteria, underpin critical biogeochemical cycling processes of carbon and nitrogen in marine environments. The genomic information of strain SD03 revealed its genetic potential involved in chitin metabolism. The strain SD03 could grow with colloidal chitin as the sole carbon source, indicating that these genes would have functions in chitin degradation and utilization. These findings provide genomic insights into the biogeochemical cycling of marine chitin in polar environments.
期刊介绍:
The journal publishes papers on all functional and evolutionary aspects of genes, chromatin, chromosomes and (meta)genomes of marine (and freshwater) organisms. It deals with new genome-enabled insights into the broader framework of environmental science. Topics within the scope of this journal include:
• Population genomics and ecology
• Evolutionary and developmental genomics
• Comparative genomics
• Metagenomics
• Environmental genomics
• Systems biology
More specific topics include: geographic and phylogenomic characterization of aquatic organisms, metabolic capacities and pathways of organisms and communities, biogeochemical cycles, genomics and integrative approaches applied to microbial ecology including (meta)transcriptomics and (meta)proteomics, tracking of infectious diseases, environmental stress, global climate change and ecosystem modelling.