Partial genome sequence of the haloalkaliphilic soda lake bacterium Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanoxidans ARh 2(T)

Tom Berben; Dimitry Y Sorokin; Natalia Ivanova; Amrita Pati; Nikos Kyrpides; Lynne A Goodwin; Tanja Woyke; Gerard Muyzer

doi:10.1186/s40793-015-0078-x

Partial genome sequence of the haloalkaliphilic soda lake bacterium Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanoxidans ARh 2(T)

Stand Genomic Sci. 2015 Oct 26:10:85. doi: 10.1186/s40793-015-0078-x. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Tom Berben¹, Dimitry Y Sorokin², Natalia Ivanova³, Amrita Pati³, Nikos Kyrpides³, Lynne A Goodwin³, Tanja Woyke³, Gerard Muyzer¹

Affiliations

¹ Microbial Systems Ecology, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
² Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, RAS, Moscow, Russia ; Department of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
³ Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA USA.

Abstract

Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanoxidans strain ARh 2(T) is a sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from haloalkaline soda lakes. It is a motile, Gram-negative member of the Gammaproteobacteria. Remarkable properties include the ability to grow on thiocyanate as the sole energy, sulfur and nitrogen source, and the capability of growth at salinities of up to 4.3 M total Na(+). This draft genome sequence consists of 61 scaffolds comprising 2,765,337 bp, and contains 2616 protein-coding and 61 RNA-coding genes. This organism was sequenced as part of the Community Science Program of the DOE Joint Genome Institute.

Keywords: Haloalkaliphilic; Soda lakes; Sulfur-oxidizing bacteria; Thiocyanate.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

322551/ERC_/European Research Council/International