Draft Genome Sequence of " Candidatus Bathyarchaeota" Archaeon BE326-BA-RLH, an Uncultured Denitrifier and Putative Anaerobic Methanotroph from South Africa's Deep Continental Biosphere

Rachel L Harris; Maggie C Y Lau; Andreia Cadar; Douglas H Bartlett; Errol Cason; Esta van Heerden; Tullis C Onstott

doi:10.1128/MRA.01295-18

Draft Genome Sequence of " Candidatus Bathyarchaeota" Archaeon BE326-BA-RLH, an Uncultured Denitrifier and Putative Anaerobic Methanotroph from South Africa's Deep Continental Biosphere

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Nov 21;7(20):e01295-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01295-18. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Authors

Rachel L Harris¹, Maggie C Y Lau¹, Andreia Cadar², Douglas H Bartlett³, Errol Cason⁴, Esta van Heerden^{4

5}, Tullis C Onstott¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
² Program in Bioinformatics, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA.
³ Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbial, Biochemical, and Food Biotechnology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
⁵ Biosaense Solutions, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Abstract

Metagenomic sequencing of fracture fluid from South Africa recovered a nearly complete "Candidatus Bathyarchaeota" archaeon genome. The metagenome-assembled genome of BE326-BA-RLH contains genes involved in methane metabolism and dissimilatory nitrate reduction. This study presents the first genomic evidence for potential anaerobic methane oxidation in the phylum "Ca. Bathyarchaeota."