Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 117-126Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2012.00394.x
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- Science Foundation of Ireland [07IN.1/B948, 08/RFP/GEN1295, 08/RFP/GEN1319, SFI09/RFP/BMT2350]
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (RSF) [06-321, 0-377]
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (FIRM) [06RDC459, 06RDC506, 08RDC629]
- European Commission [MTKD-CT-2006-042062, Marie Curie TOK-:TRAMWAYS, EU256596, MicroB3-287589-OCEAN2012, MACUMBA-CP-TP 311975, PharmaSea-CP-TP 312184]
- IRCSET [05/EDIV/FP107/INTERPAM, EMBARK]
- Marine Institute Beaufort award [CCRA 2007/082]
- Environmental Protection Agency [EPA 2006-PhD-S-21, EPA 2008-PhD-S-2]
- HRB [RP/2006/271, RP/2007/290, HRA/2009/146]
- Health Research Board (HRB) [HRA-2009-146] Funding Source: Health Research Board (HRB)
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Bacteria can manipulate their surrounding environment through the secretion of proteins into other living organisms and into the extracellular milieu. In Gram stain negative bacteria this process is mediated by different types of secretion systems from type I through type VI secretion system (T1SST6SS). In this study the prevalence of these secretion systems in 312 publicly available microbiomes derived from a wide range of ecosystems was investigated by a gene-centric approach. Our analysis demonstrates that some secretion systems are over-represented in some specific samples. In addition, some T3SS and T6SS phylogenetic clusters were specifically enriched in particular ecological niches, which could indicate specific bacterial adaptation to these environments.
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