Phylogenomics and functional genomics of the Roseobacter clade (A06)

• Subject Area: Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms
• Term: from 2010 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 34509606

This project will continue to investigate the phylogenomics and functional genomics of the Roseobacter group. The now considerably enlarged phylogenetic trees will be used to gain deeper insights into the evolution of genomic features and their ecological significance. They will more specifically be annotated by targeting particularly carbohydrate-active enzymes, sulfatases, peptidases, transporters and prophages. Further, established methods for phage phylogeny and classification will be augmented by genome annotation, and phylogenomic methods for bacteria improved by faster sequence similarity search.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 51: Ecology, Physiology and Molecular Biology of the Roseobacter Clade: Towards a Systems Biology Understanding of a Globally Important Clade of Marine Bacteria
• Applicant Institution: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
• Project Heads: Privatdozent Dr. Markus Göker; Privatdozent Dr. Hans-Peter Klenk, until 12/2017