Genome

Ruminococcus albus Cellulose-degrading bacterium Lineage: Bacteria[37505]; Bacillota[6130]; Clostridia[2684]; Eubacteriales[1420]; Oscillospiraceae[471]; Ruminococcus[17]; Ruminococcus albus[1]

Ruminococcus albus. This cellulolytic bacterium is responsible for the breakdown of plant polysaccharides such as cellulose, xylan, and hemicellulose in the cow rumen. The bacterium requires phenylacetic and phenylpropionic acids for maximal growth. The organism produces cellulosomes at the cell surface that are multimeric protein complexes More...that contain scaffolding proteins and degradative enzymes. The cellulosome, along with type IV fimbriae, are important for adherence of the bacterium to solid substrates such as cellulose and attachment of the bacterium is required for cellulose degradation. Understanding the metabolism of plant polysaccharides may enable scientists to improve the productivity of ruminant organisms such as cattle. Less...

Summary Sequence data:  genome assemblies: 20; sequence reads: 2  (See  Genome Assembly and Annotation report) Statistics:  median total length (Mb): 3.58952  median protein count: 3614  median GC%: 44.8 Publications (limited to 20 most recent records) Genomic and functional analyses of fungal and bacterial consortia that enable lignocellulose breakdown in goat gut microbiomes. Peng X, et al. Nat Microbiol 2021 Apr FDA-ARGOS is a database with public quality-controlled reference genomes for diagnostic use and regulatory science. Sichtig H, et al. Nat Commun 2019 Jul 25 EBI Metagenomics in 2017: enriching the analysis of microbial communities, from sequence reads to assemblies. Mitchell AL, et al. Nucleic Acids Res 2018 Jan 4 Recovery of nearly 8,000 metagenome-assembled genomes substantially expands the tree of life. Parks DH, et al. Nat Microbiol 2017 Nov Complete genome of the cellulolytic ruminal bacterium Ruminococcus albus 7. Suen G, et al. J Bacteriol 2011 Oct More...  Representative (genome information for reference and representative genomes) Reference genome:   Ruminococcus albus 7 = DSM 20455 Submitter: US DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI-PGF) Morphology: Gram:Positive, Shape:Cocci, Motility:No Environment: OxygenReq:Anaerobic, TemperatureRange:Mesophilic, Habitat:HostAssociated Type Name RefSeq INSDC Size (Mb) GC% Protein rRNA tRNA Other RNA Gene Pseudogene Chr - NC_014833.1 CP002403.1 3.69 44.2 3,244 12 61 3 3,367 47 Plsm pRUMAL01 NC_014824.1 CP002404.1 0.42 38.1 385 - 14 - 406 7 Plsm pRUMAL02 NC_014825.1 CP002405.1 0.35 44.4 301 - - - 307 6 Plsm pRUMAL03 NC_014826.1 CP002406.1 0.02 36.7 17 - - - 17 - Plsm pRUMAL04 NC_014827.1 CP002407.1 0.01 42.8 11 - - - 11 - Dendrogram (based on genomic BLAST)