The planctomycetes: emerging models for microbial ecology, evolution and cell biology

Fuerst, J. A.

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The planctomycetes: emerging models for microbial ecology, evolution and cell biology

Fuerst, J. A.·1995·Microbiology

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Planctomycetes and Verrucomicrobiae have been found in soil, freshwater and seawater.
“which have been found in soil, freshwater (Australian dam, Hungarian pond) and seawater (the Californian Current) (Fuerst, 1995; Freitas et al., 2012).”
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Phylogenetic 16S rRNA analysis reveals the presence of complex and partly unknown bacterial communities in Tito Bustillo cave, Spain, and on its Palaeolithic paintings
Schabereiter‐Gurtner, C., Sáiz‐Jiménez, C., Piñar, G., et al. (2002) · Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00303.x · Cited by 102 · see citing works
In situ DNA‐ hybridization chain reaction ( HCR ): a facilitated in situ HCR system for the detection of environmental microorganisms
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The Order Planctomycetales, Including the Genera Planctomyces, Pirellula, Gemmata and Isosphaera and the Candidatus Genera Brocadia, Kuenenia and Scalindua
Ward, N. L., Staley, J. T., Fuerst, J. A., Giovannoni, S. J., Schlesner, H., & Stackebrandt, E. (2006) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/0-387-30747-8_31 · Cited by 101 · see citing works
“It has been suggested (Fuerst, 1995) that the phototaxis of I.”
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Crop production correlates with soil multitrophic communities at the large spatial scale
Fan, K., Delgado‐Baquerizo, M., Zhu, Y., & Chu, H. (2020) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.108047 · Cited by 101 · see citing works
Isolation and molecular identification of planctomycete bacteria from postlarvae of the giant tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon
Fuerst, J. A., Gwilliam, H., Lindsay, M. R., et al. (1997) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.63.1.254-262.1997 · Cited by 99 · see citing works
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The response of the soil bacterial community and function to forest succession caused by forest disease
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Use of 16S rRNA Gene Based Clone Libraries to Assess Microbial Communities Potentially Involved in Anaerobic Methane Oxidation in a Mediterranean Cold Seep
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“1B and 3), groups that include aerobic chemotrophs as well as aerobic and facultatively anaerobic heterotrophs [2, 18 , 25].”
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Intracellular localization of membrane‐bound ATPases in the compartmentalized anammox bacterium ‘Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis’
van Niftrik, L., Helden, M. V., Kirchen, S., van Donselaar, E. G., Harhangi, H. R., Webb, R. I., Fuerst, J. A., den Camp, H. J. M. O., Jetten, M. S. M., & Strous, M. (2010) · Molecular Microbiology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07242.x · Cited by 94 · see citing works
“Electron microscopy observations, chemical analysis, genome sequencing and resistance to beta-lactam and other cell wall-targeting antibiotics have revealed that planctomycetes lack the otherwise universal bacterial cell wall polymer peptidoglycan (König et al., 1984; Liesack et al., 1986; Stackebrandt et al., 1986; F…”
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Bioremediation of contaminated marine sediments can enhance metal mobility due to changes of bacterial diversity
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Common patterns – unique features: nitrogen metabolism and regulation in Gram-positive bacteria
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“Together with the planctomycetes (Fuerst, 1995; Wagner & Horn, 2006), actinomycetes are the only prokaryotes outside of the Proteobacteria that possess homologs of the adenylyltransferase GlnE and the uridylyltransferase GlnD, with the special feature that GlnD actually adenylylates or…”
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Analysis of the first genome fragment from the marine sponge‐associated, novel candidate phylum Poribacteria by environmental genomics
Fieseler, L., Quaiser, A., Schleper, C., & Hentschel, U. (2005) · Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00937.x · Cited by 92 · see citing works
Diversity and Distribution of Planctomycetes and Related Bacteria in the Suboxic Zone of the Black Sea
Kirkpatrick, J. B., Oakley, B. B., Fuchsman, C. A., Srinivasan, S., Staley, J. T., & Murray, J. W. (2006) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.72.4.3079-3083.2006 · Cited by 92 · see citing works
“Planctomycetes are characterized by intracellular membranes (sometimes enclosing condensed nuclei [17]), reproductive budding, a lack of peptidoglycan, and a wide distribution (8, 9).”
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The Response of a 16S Ribosomal RNA Gene Fragment Amplified Community to Lead, Zinc, and Copper Pollution in a Shanghai Field Trial
Kou, S., Vincent, G. A., González, E., et al. (2018) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00366 · Cited by 90 · see citing works
“Planctomycetes are a fascinating group of bacteria which are distinct from the classical prokaryotic phenotype in containing, for example, cell internal compartmentalization including a membrane bound nucleoid (Fuerst, 1995; Fuerst and Sagulenko, 2011).”
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Bacterial diversity of a Carolina bay as determined by 16S rRNA gene analysis: confirmation of novel taxa
Wise, M. G. G., McArthur, J. V., & Shimkets, L. J. (1997) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.63.4.1505-1514.1997 · Cited by 89 · see citing works
“It shows a lower G1C% than members of the Planctomyces division, and its cell walls contain meso-diaminopimelic acid, unlike those of the Planctomyces division, which lack peptidoglycan (13).”
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Diversity and Seasonal Changes of Uncultured Planctomycetales in River Biofilms
Brümmer, I. H. M., Felske, A., & Wagner‐Döbler, I. (2004) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.70.9.5094-5101.2004 · Cited by 86 · see citing works
“The need for algae or their decomposition products for enrichment of planctomycetes is well known (7) and was directly observed for Planctomyces bekefii, which has not been cultured yet and accompanies algal or cyanobacterial blooms (24).”
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Formation of Multilayered Photosynthetic Biofilms in an Alkaline Thermal Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
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“Consequently, despite some synthetic analyses of this phylum (14, 20, 21, 51, 54), additional efforts should be made to cultivate what appear to be novel Planctomycetes in Yellowstone hot spring systems and beyond.”
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Comparison of Bacterial Communities in New England Sphagnum Bogs Using Terminal Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (T-RFLP)
Morales, S. E., Mouser, P., Ward, N. L., et al. (2006) · Microbial Ecology · doi:10.1007/s00248-005-0264-2 · Cited by 81 · see citing works
“Other sequences were identified as being part of deep-rooted lineages such as Actinobacteria [12] and Planctomycetes [15, 36, 38].”
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Comparison of deep-sea sediment microbial communities in the Eastern Mediterranean
Heijs, S. K., Laverman, A. M., Forney, L. J., Hardoim, P. R., & van Elsas, J. D. (2008) · FEMS Microbiology Ecology · doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00463.x · Cited by 79 · see citing works
Increasing Diversity within Chlamydiae
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“Most Planctomycetes produce small, flagellated swarmer cells, capable of aerobic decomposition of polymeric substrates (Fuerst 1995).”
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Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Prokaryotic Communities Along A Sediment Vertical Profile of A Deep-Sea Mud Volcano
Pachiadaki, M., Kallionaki, A., Dählmann, A., et al. (2011) · Microbial Ecology · doi:10.1007/s00248-011-9855-2 · Cited by 74 · see citing works
“Planctomycetes can oxidise organic substrates through nitrate reduction [20], like Pirellula which is capable of heterolactic acid fermentation [22].”
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Isolation of planctomycetes from Aplysina sponges
Pimentel‐Elardo, S. M., Wehrl, M., Friedrich, A., Jensen, P. R., & Hentschel, U. (2003) · Aquatic Microbial Ecology · doi:10.3354/ame033239 · Cited by 72 · see citing works
Genome Analysis of Fimbriiglobus ruber SP5T, a Planctomycete with Confirmed Chitinolytic Capability
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“Members of the bacterial phylum Planctomycetes are widely distributed in various aquatic and terrestrial habitats (1, 2).”
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Wide distribution of Phycisphaera ‐like planctomycetes from WD2101 soil group in peatlands and genome analysis of the first cultivated representative
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Effect of biofilm age on settlement ofMytilus edulis
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“Using recent molecular methods, Jackson et al. (2001) suggested a general model of species succession in”
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Cell division ring, a new cell division protein and vertical inheritance of a bacterial organelle in anammox planctomycetes
van Niftrik, L., Geerts, W. J. C., van Donselaar, E. G., et al. (2009) · Molecular Microbiology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06841.x · Cited by 69 · see citing works
“The observation that anammox bacteria divide by constrictive binary fission was unexpected because all other members of the phylum Planctomycetes so far examined reproduce by budding (Fuerst, 1995).”
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The cell cycle of the planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus with respect to cell compartmentalization
Lee, K., Webb, R., & Fuerst, J. A. (2009) · BMC Cell Biology · doi:10.1186/1471-2121-10-4 · Cited by 68 · see citing works
“Background Members of phylum Planctomycetes of the domain Bacteria are distinctive budding peptidoglycan-less and compartmentalized bacteria from aquatic and soil habitats [1].”
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Comparison of Bacterial Communities in Sands and Water at Beaches with Bacterial Water Quality Violations
Halliday, E., McLellan, S. L., Amaral‐Zettler, L., Sogin, M. L., & Gast, R. J. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090815 · Cited by 69 · see citing works
“The enrichment of the Planctomycetes in wet beach sands may reflect this phyla’s frequent affiliation with organic detritus in the marine environment or participation in chitin degredation [42].”
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New concepts in anammox processes for wastewater nitrogen removal: recent advances and future prospects
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Telmatocola sphagniphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Dendriform Planctomycete from Northern Wetlands
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“The planctomycetes is a ubiquitously distributed and a largely unexplored bacterial phylum, which contains only a limited number of taxonomically characterized representatives (Fuerst, 1995; Ward et al., 2006; Fuerst and Sagulenko, 2011).”
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Abundance, Diversity, and Depth Distribution of Planctomycetes in Acidic Northern Wetlands
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“The phylum Planctomycetes is a remarkable group of budding bacteria that possess highly distinctive cell morphology, peptidoglycan-less cell-walls, and a unique cell organization (Schlesner and Stackebrandt, 1986; Fuerst, 1995; Ward et al., 2006; Fuerst and Sagulenko, 2011).”
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Diversity of Planctomycetes in iron-hydroxide deposits from the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge (AMOR) and description of Bythopirellula goksoyri gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Planctomycete from deep sea iron-hydroxide deposits
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“(3) Organisms with complex biofilms, sociality, rosette formation (planctomycetes), colony-formation or structure-dependent cell differentiation (Azospirillum and Archangium) (Rodrigues et al., 2015; Muñoz-Dorado et al., 2016; Strohl and Larkin, 1978; Wielgoss et al., 2019; Fuerst, 1995).”
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Planctomycetes attached to algal surfaces: Insight into their genomes
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“Phenotypically, planctomycetes cell shapes vary from pear shaped, spherical to ovoid and many times the cells have polarity: a vegetative pole with a flagellum/stalk (Fuerst, 1995) and a reproductive pole.”
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Molecular signatures for the PVC clade (Planctomycetes, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Lentisphaerae) of bacteria provide insights into their evolutionary relationships
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“Among the members of this clade, the Planctomycetes and Chlamydiae were observed to be phylogenetically related as early as 1986 based on 16S rRNA secondary structures and phylogenetic trees (Weisburg et al., 1986; Woese, 1987; Fuerst, 1995).”
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Authors: Fuerst, J. A.
Affiliations: The University of Queensland (AU)
Corresponding author: Fuerst, J. A.
ORCID: Fuerst, J. A.
Venue: Microbiology
Publisher: Microbiology Society
Published: 1995-07-01
Volume: 141
Issue: 7
Pages: 1493-1506
ISSN: 1350-0872 (ISSN-L)
1465-2080
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-141-7-1493
OpenAlex: W1992474152
Cited by: 271
References: 0
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FWCI: 5.16
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Microbiology (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protist diversity and phylogeny
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
Keywords: Planctomycetes, microbial ecology, microbial evolution, cell biology, bacterial cell structure, model organisms
MeSH terms: Bacteria, Base Sequence, DNA, Ribosomal, Ecology, Biological Evolution, Molecular Sequence Data, Terminology as Topic, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, RNA, Ribosomal, 5S, Water Microbiology

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