Sunagawa, Shinichi


Publications
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Metagenome-assembled genomes reveal greatly expanded taxonomic and functional diversification of the abundant marine Roseobacter RCA cluster

Citation
Liu et al. (2023). Microbiome 11 (1)
Names
Ca. Paraplanktomarina “Planktomarina forsetii” “Planktomarina arctica” “Planktomarina antarctica” “Pseudoplanktomarina bipolaris” “Pseudoplanktomarina karensis” “Pseudoplanktomarina atlantica” “Pseudoplanktomarina”
Abstract
Abstract Background The RCA (Roseobacter clade affiliated) cluster belongs to the family Roseobacteracea and represents a major Roseobacter lineage in temperate to polar oceans. Despite its prevalence and abundance, only a few genomes and one described species, Planktomarina temperata, exist. To gain more insights into our limited understanding of this cluster and its taxonomic and functional diversity and biogeography, we screened metagenomic datasets from the gl

Biosynthetic potential of the global ocean microbiome

Citation
Paoli et al. (2022). Nature 607 (7917)
Names
“Eudoremicrobium malaspinii” “Eudoremicrobiaceae” “Eudoremicrobium”
Abstract
AbstractNatural microbial communities are phylogenetically and metabolically diverse. In addition to underexplored organismal groups1, this diversity encompasses a rich discovery potential for ecologically and biotechnologically relevant enzymes and biochemical compounds2,3. However, studying this diversity to identify genomic pathways for the synthesis of such compounds4 and assigning them to their respective hosts remains challenging. The biosynthetic potential of microorganisms in the open oc

Uncharted biosynthetic potential of the ocean microbiome

Citation
Paoli et al. (2021).
Names
“Eudoremicrobium malaspinii” “Eudoremicrobiaceae”
Abstract
SummaryMicrobes are phylogenetically and metabolically diverse. Yet capturing this diversity, assigning functions to host organisms and exploring the biosynthetic potential in natural environments remains challenging. We reconstructed >25,000 draft genomes, including from >2,500 uncharacterized species, from globally-distributed ocean microbial communities, and combined them with ∼10,000 genomes from cultivated and single cells. Mining this resource revealed ∼40,000 putative biosynthetic g