Draft Genome Sequence of Uncultured Upland Soil Cluster Gammaproteobacteria Gives Molecular Insights into High-Affinity Methanotrophy

Collin R Edwards; Tullis C Onstott; Jennifer M Miller; Jessica B Wiggins; Wei Wang; Charles K Lee; S Craig Cary; Stephen B Pointing; Maggie C Y Lau

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00047-17

Draft Genome Sequence of Uncultured Upland Soil Cluster Gammaproteobacteria Gives Molecular Insights into High-Affinity Methanotrophy

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 27;5(17):e00047-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00047-17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
² Genomics Core Facility, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
³ School of Science, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
⁴ International Centre for Terrestrial Antarctic Research (ICTAR), University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
⁵ Institute for Applied Ecology New Zealand, School of Science, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁶ Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA maglau@princeton.edu.

Abstract

Aerated soils form the second largest sink for atmospheric CH₄ A near-complete genome of uncultured upland soil cluster Gammaproteobacteria that oxidize CH₄ at <2.5 ppmv was obtained from incubated Antarctic mineral cryosols. This first genome of high-affinity methanotrophs can help resolve the mysteries about their phylogenetic affiliation and metabolic potential.