Distribution, metabolic capacities and phage-host interactions of the Roseobacter group in marine sediments (A02)

• Subject Area: Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology
• Term: from 2010 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 34509606

This project will study so far unknown benthic roseobacters from various metagenomic data sets and define them as new benthic clusters with specific functional profiles. Further, isolates from cruises to the Pacific in 2017 will be genome sequenced to identify specific features for life in benthic habitats. Another aspect addresses the role of phages for benthic roseobacters. Phage-induction experiments will be performed to determine characteristic parameters for phage-host interactions. We will also search for roseophage-specific signatures in the metagenomes from Pacific sediments and quantify their distribution in original sediment samples by qPCR using phage-specific primers.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 51: Ecology, Physiology and Molecular Biology of the Roseobacter Clade: Towards a Systems Biology Understanding of a Globally Important Clade of Marine Bacteria
• Applicant Institution: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Heribert Cypionka, until 12/2017; Privatdozent Dr. Bert Engelen