Although much attention has been paid to the genetic, biochemical and physiological aspects of individual hyperthermophiles, how these unique micro-organisms relate to each other and to their natural habitats must be addressed in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of life at high temperatures. Phylogenetic 16 S rRNA-based profiling of samples from various geothermal sites has provided insights into community structure, but this must be complemented with efforts to relate metabolic strategies to biotic and abiotic characteristics in high-temperature habitats. Described here are functional genomics-based approaches, using cDNA microarrays, to gain insight into how ecological features such as biofilm formation, species interaction, and possibly even gene transfer may occur in native environments, as well as to determine what genes or sets of genes may be tied to environmental functionality.
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April 01 2004
Functional genomics-based studies of the microbial ecology of hyperthermophilic micro-organisms
M.R. Johnson;
M.R. Johnson
Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, U.S.A.
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C.I. Montero;
C.I. Montero
Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, U.S.A.
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S.B. Conners;
S.B. Conners
Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, U.S.A.
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K.R. Shockley;
K.R. Shockley
Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, U.S.A.
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M.A. Pysz;
M.A. Pysz
Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, U.S.A.
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R.M. Kelly
R.M. Kelly
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Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905, U.S.A.
1To whom correspondence should be addressed (e-mail rmkelly@eos.ncsu.edu).
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
© 2004 Biochemical Society
2004
Biochem Soc Trans (2004) 32 (2): 188–192.
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M.R. Johnson, C.I. Montero, S.B. Conners, K.R. Shockley, M.A. Pysz, R.M. Kelly; Functional genomics-based studies of the microbial ecology of hyperthermophilic micro-organisms. Biochem Soc Trans 1 April 2004; 32 (2): 188–192. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bst0320188
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