Draft Genome Sequence of Geobacter pelophilus Strain Dfr2, a Ferric Iron-Reducing Bacterium

Tomo Aoyagi; Hideaki Koike; Tomotake Morita; Yuya Sato; Hiroshi Habe; Tomoyuki Hori

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00537-17

Draft Genome Sequence of Geobacter pelophilus Strain Dfr2, a Ferric Iron-Reducing Bacterium

Genome Announc. 2017 Jun 15;5(24):e00537-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00537-17.

Authors

Tomo Aoyagi^{1

2}, Hideaki Koike³, Tomotake Morita⁴, Yuya Sato¹, Hiroshi Habe¹, Tomoyuki Hori⁵

Affiliations

¹ Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
² Reserch Center for Creative Partnerships, Ishinomaki Senshu University, Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan.
³ Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁴ Research Institute for Innovation in Sustainable Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁵ Environmental Management Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan hori-tomo@aist.go.jp.

Abstract

Here, we report a draft genome sequence of Geobacter pelophilus strain Dfr2, a ferric iron-reducing bacterium. This genome information will further our understanding of the mechanisms underlying electron transfer from microorganisms to ferric iron oxides.