Complete genome sequence of Spirochaeta smaragdinae type strain (SEBR 4228T)

Konstantinos Mavromatis, Montri Yasawong, Olga Chertkov, Alla Lapidus, Susan Lucas, Matt Nolan, Tijana Glavina Del Rio, Hope Tice, Jan-Fang Cheng, Sam Pitluck, Konstantinos Liolios, Natalia Ivanova, Roxanne Tapia, Cliff Han, David Bruce, Lynne Goodwin, Amrita Pati, Amy Chen, Krishna Palaniappan, Miriam Land, Loren Hauser, Yun-Juan Chang, Cynthia D. Jeffries, John C. Detter, Manfred Rohde, Evelyne Brambilla, Stefan Spring, Markus Göker, Johannes Sikorski, Tanja Woyke, James Bristow, Jonathan A. Eisen, Victor Markowitz, Philip Hugenholtz, Hans-Peter Klenk, Nikos C. Kyrpides

Abstract


Spirochaeta smaragdinae Magot et al. 1998 belongs to the family Spirochaetaceae. The species is Gram-negative, motile, obligately halophilic and strictly anaerobic bacterium, which is of interest because it is able to ferment numerous polysaccharides. S. smaragdinae is the only species of the family Spirochaetaceae known to reduce thiosulfate or element sulphur to sulfide. This is the first complete genome sequence in the family Spirochaetaceae. The 4,653,970 bp long genome with its 4,363 protein-coding and 57 RNA genes is a part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.

doi:10.4056/sigs.1143106


Keywords


spiral shaped; corkscrew-like motility; chemoorganotroph; strictly anaerobe; obligately halophile; rhodanese-like protein; Spirochaetaceae; GEBA

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We would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of many members of the Genomic Standards Consortium, the broader genomic science community, and those who have indicated their willingness to serve as editors, reviewers and contributors.

Funding for SIGS is provided by a grant from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies at Michigan State University, the Michigan State University Foundation, and the US Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Research DE-FG02-08ER64707.

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