Secondary metabolism in the gill microbiota of shipworms (Teredinidae) as revealed by comparison of metagenomes and nearly complete symbiont genomes
M. A. Altamia, Z. Lin, A. E. Trindade-Silva, I. D. Uy, J. R. Shipway, D. Veras Wilke, G. P. Concepcion, D. L. Distel, E. W. Schmidt, M. G. Haygood
This study identifies secondary metabolite biosynthetic pathways in shipworm symbionts using metagenomes and cultured genomes, showing many novel pathways and predictable host-symbiont co-occurrence patterns.
mSystems · Jun 30, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology