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Production of the antimicrobial secondary metabolite indigoidine contributes to competitive surface colonization by the marine roseobacter Phaeobacter sp. strain Y4I.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2012
Cude W Nathan, Mooney Jason, Tavanaei Arash A, Hadden Mary K, Frank Ashley M, Gulvik Christopher A, May Amanda L, Buchan Alison
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Members of the Roseobacter lineage of marine bacteria are prolific surface colonizers in marine coastal environments, and antimicrobial secondary metabolite production has been hypothesized to provide a competitive advantage to colonizing roseobacters. Here, we report that the roseobacter Phaeobacter sp. strain Y4I produces the blue pigment indigoidine via a nonribosomal peptide synthase (NRPS)-based biosynthetic...
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