Complete genome sequence of Thioalkalivibrio paradoxus type strain ARh 1(T), an obligately chemolithoautotrophic haloalkaliphilic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a Kenyan soda lake

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

doi:10.1186/s40793-015-0097-7

Complete genome sequence of Thioalkalivibrio paradoxus type strain ARh 1(T), an obligately chemolithoautotrophic haloalkaliphilic sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a Kenyan soda lake

Stand Genomic Sci. 2015 Nov 19:10:105. doi: 10.1186/s40793-015-0097-7. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Tom Berben¹, Dimitry Y Sorokin², Natalia Ivanova³, Amrita Pati³, Nikos Kyrpides⁴, Lynne A Goodwin³, Tanja Woyke³, Gerard Muyzer¹

Affiliations

¹ Microbial Systems Ecology, Department of Aquatic Microbiology, Institute for 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, California, USA.
⁴ Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA ; Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

Thioalkalivibrio paradoxus strain ARh 1(T) is a chemolithoautotrophic, non-motile, Gram-negative bacterium belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria that was isolated from samples of haloalkaline soda lakes. It derives energy from the oxidation of reduced sulfur compounds and is notable for its ability to grow on thiocyanate as its sole source of electrons, sulfur and nitrogen. The full genome consists of 3,756,729 bp and comprises 3,500 protein-coding and 57 RNA-coding genes. This organism was sequenced as part of the community science program at 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