Figure 1.
16S rRNA gene-based phylogenetic tree of the delta-Proteobacteria indicates that A. dehalogenans strain 2CP-C is deeply nested in the order Myxococcales.
Neighbor-joining bootstrap values (500 replicates) are indicated at each branch. Class, order, and suborder designations are indicated on the right side.
Figure 2.
The Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans strain 2CP-C complete genome with genes color-coded to indicate putative ancestry.
Genome positions are indicated on the outside of the circle. The color legend refers to the two outer circles. The outer circle indicates predicted coding regions on the plus strand colored according to the organism that carries a gene with greatest sequence similarity. The second circle indicates predicted coding regions on the minus strand also color coded by gene similarity. The third circle (black) shows variation in G+C content with the average G+C value as the center line. The innermost circle (green and purple) depicts GC skew with the average GC skew as the center line.
Figure 3.
Phenetic, enzyme-based classification groups A. dehalogenans strain 2CP-C with aerobic organisms (red box).
The blue dashed line box indicates the anaerobic delta-Proteobacteria included in the analysis. Bootstrap values are indicated at each node.
Figure 4.
A. dehalogenans strain 2CP-C colony edges magnified 100-fold bear evidence of gliding motility.
Flares characteristic of gliding motility began forming after 2 days of incubation.
Figure 5.
Distribution of heme-binding motifs in c-type cytochrome genes varies according to respiratory versatility and correlates with aerobic, facultative, or strict anaerobic lifestyle: aerobic bacteria, metal reducers, and obligate anaerobes.
Escherichia coli (Ecoli), Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (Bdbac), Myxococcus xanthus (Mxan), Shewanella oneidensis (Sheon), Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans (Adeh), Geobacter sulfurreducens (Gsulf), Geobacter metallireducens (Gmet), Geobacter lovleyi (Glov), Desulfovibrio vulgaris (Dvul), Pelodictyon luteolum (Plut), Chlorobium phaeobacteroides (Cpha), and Dehalococcoides species strain BAV1 (Dehal).