Population structure and divergence in the Roseobacter group - implications for the ecology and evolution (A07)

• Subject Area: Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
• Term: from 2011 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 34509606

This project will elucidate the genomic and ecophysiological traits which vary within clades of phylogenetically related bacteria of the Roseobacter group and determine the evolutionary drivers of the ongoing speciation process. We will focus on three cohesive populations of the genus Phaeobacter identified in the previous funding phase and conduct a comparative genomic and ecophysiological analysis. Including Sulfitobacter and the RCA cluster in our comparative population genomic analysis will reveal the distinct evolutionary mechanisms that drive the divergence and adaptation processes in different Roseobacter subgroups.

• 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 Head: Professor Dr. Jörg Overmann