Draft genome sequences of five new strains of methylophilaceae isolated from lake washington sediment

Tami L McTaggart; Gabrielle Benuska; Nicole Shapiro; Tanja Woyke; Ludmila Chistoserdova

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01511-14

Draft genome sequences of five new strains of methylophilaceae isolated from lake washington sediment

Genome Announc. 2015 Feb 5;3(1):e01511-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01511-14.

Authors

Tami L McTaggart¹, Gabrielle Benuska¹, Nicole Shapiro², Tanja Woyke², Ludmila Chistoserdova³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
² DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
³ Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA milachis@u.washington.edu.

Abstract

We sequenced the genomes of five new Methylophilaceae strains isolated from Lake Washington sediment. We used the new sequences to sort these new strains into specific Methylophilaceae ecotypes, including one novel ecotype. The new genomes expand the known diversity of Methylophilaceae and provide new models for studying the ecology of methylotrophy.