Bacteriophages of the Roseobacter group (B06*)

• Subject Area: Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms
• Term: from 2018 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 34509606

This project will investigate phages infecting bacteria in the Roseobacter group. The aims are to characterize lytic cobaviruses with respect to genomic diversity and abundance in highly productive marine regions, the habitat of the cobaviral hosts and of the cobaviruses themselves and host range. The second part will characterize prophages in Roseobacter genomes with respect to their life style, ability to be induced and their inducing factors and host range. Four prophage containing Roseobacter strains will be used for in depth characterization of their prophages, especially with respect to life styles and genes involved in the temperate versus lytic states and phage-host interactions.

• 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: Dr. Cristina Moraru, Ph.D.