Complete Genome Sequence of Alkaliphilus metalliredigens Strain QYMF, an Alkaliphilic and Metal-Reducing Bacterium Isolated from Borax-Contaminated Leachate Ponds

C Hwang; A Copeland; S Lucas; A Lapidus; K Barry; J C Detter; T Glavina Del Rio; N Hammon; S Israni; E Dalin; H Tice; S Pitluck; O Chertkov; T Brettin; D Bruce; C Han; J Schmutz; F Larimer; M L Land; L Hauser; N Kyrpides; N Mikhailova; Q Ye; J Zhou; P Richardson; M W Fields

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01226-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Alkaliphilus metalliredigens Strain QYMF, an Alkaliphilic and Metal-Reducing Bacterium Isolated from Borax-Contaminated Leachate Ponds

Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 3;4(6):e01226-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01226-16.

Authors

C Hwang¹, A Copeland², S Lucas², A Lapidus², K Barry², J C Detter², T Glavina Del Rio², N Hammon², S Israni², E Dalin², H Tice², S Pitluck², O Chertkov², T Brettin², D Bruce², C Han², J Schmutz², F Larimer², M L Land², L Hauser², N Kyrpides², N Mikhailova², Q Ye³, J Zhou⁴, P Richardson², M W Fields⁵

Affiliations

¹ Center for Biofilm Engineering, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA chiachi.hwang@biofilm.montana.edu.
² DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
³ State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
⁴ University of Oklahoma, Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Norman, Oklahoma, USA.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.

Abstract

Alkaliphilus metalliredigens strain QYMF is an anaerobic, alkaliphilic, and metal-reducing bacterium associated with phylum Firmicutes QYMF was isolated from alkaline borax leachate ponds. The genome sequence will help elucidate the role of metal-reducing microorganisms under alkaline environments, a capability that is not commonly observed in metal respiring-microorganisms.