Genome Sequence of Marichromatium gracile YL-28, a Purple Sulfur Bacterium with Bioremediation Potential

Xiaobo Zhang; Chungui Zhao; Xuan Hong; Shicheng Chen; Suping Yang

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00288-16

Genome Sequence of Marichromatium gracile YL-28, a Purple Sulfur Bacterium with Bioremediation Potential

Genome Announc. 2016 May 5;4(3):e00288-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00288-16.

Authors

Xiaobo Zhang¹, Chungui Zhao¹, Xuan Hong¹, Shicheng Chen², Suping Yang³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China.
² Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA shicheng@msu.edu yangsuping@hqu.edu.cn.
³ Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China shicheng@msu.edu yangsuping@hqu.edu.cn.

Abstract

The draft genome sequence of Marichromatium gracile YL-28 contains 3,840,251 bp, with a G+C content of 68.84%. The annotated genome sequence provides the genetic basis for revealing its role as a purple sulfur bacterium in the harvesting of energy and the development of bioremediation applications.