Qinghu Ren

TL;DR: The natural population metagenome had high sequence identity to most genes from the coastal model strains but diverged greatly from these genomes in multiple regions of atypical trinucleotide content that encoded diverse functions.

TL;DR: This work utilized Biolog phenotype MicroArrays to identify phenotypes of gene knockout mutants in the opportunistic pathogen and versatile soil bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a relatively high-throughput fashion and showed the bioinformatic predictions to be largely correct in 22 out of 27 cases.

TL;DR: Hierarchical clustering of phylogenetic profiles of transporter families, which are derived from the presence or absence of a certain transporter family, showed distinct clustering patterns for obligate intracellular organisms, plant/soil-associated microbes and autotrophs.

TL;DR: The genome sequence of Hyphomonas neptunium, a marine member of the dimorphic prosthecate bacteria, is described, which indicates that this organism shares more genes with C. crescentus than it does with Silicibacter pomeroyi, and will provide an important resource for the study of other interesting biological processes including chromosome segregation, polar growth, and cell aging.

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