Draft genome sequence and overview of the purple non sulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris 42OL

Alessandra Adessi; Giulia Spini; Luana Presta; Alessio Mengoni; Carlo Viti; Luciana Giovannetti; Renato Fani; Roberto De Philippis

doi:10.1186/s40793-016-0145-y

Draft genome sequence and overview of the purple non sulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris 42OL

Stand Genomic Sci. 2016 Mar 9:11:24. doi: 10.1186/s40793-016-0145-y. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Alessandra Adessi¹, Giulia Spini², Luana Presta³, Alessio Mengoni³, Carlo Viti², Luciana Giovannetti², Renato Fani³, Roberto De Philippis¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Agrifood Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Firenze, Italy ; Institute of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds, National Research Council, Via Madonna del Piano 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.
² Department of Agrifood Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, via Maragliano 77, 50144 Firenze, Italy.
³ Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

Abstract

Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain 42OL was isolated in 1973 from a sugar refinery waste treatment pond. The strain has been prevalently used for hydrogen production processes using a wide variety of waste-derived substrates, and cultured both indoors and outdoors, either freely suspended or immobilized. R. palustris 42OL was suitable for many other applications and capable of growing in very different culturing conditions, revealing a wide metabolic versatility. The analysis of the genome sequence allowed to identify the metabolic pathways for hydrogen and poly-β-hydroxy-butyrate production, and confirmed the ability of using a wide range of organic acids as substrates.

Keywords: Hydrogen production; PHB accumulation; Purple non-sulfur bacteria; Rhodopseudomonas palustris 42OL; Wastewater treatment.

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