Complete genome sequence of the halophile bacterium Kushneria konosiri X49T, isolated from salt-fermented Konosirus punctatus

Ji-Hyun Yun; Hojun Sung; Hyun Sik Kim; Euon Jung Tak; Woorim Kang; June-Young Lee; Dong-Wook Hyun; Pil Soo Kim; Jin-Woo Bae

doi:10.1186/s40793-018-0324-0

Complete genome sequence of the halophile bacterium Kushneria konosiri X49^T, isolated from salt-fermented Konosirus punctatus

Stand Genomic Sci. 2018 Oct 1:13:19. doi: 10.1186/s40793-018-0324-0. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Ji-Hyun Yun^{1

2}, Hojun Sung^{1

2}, Hyun Sik Kim^{1

2}, Euon Jung Tak^{1

2}, Woorim Kang^{1

2}, June-Young Lee^{1

2}, Dong-Wook Hyun^{1

2}, Pil Soo Kim^{1

2}, Jin-Woo Bae^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Life and Nanopharmaceutical Sciences, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
² 2Department of Biology, Kyung Hee University, 1 Hoegi-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Abstract

Kushneria konosiri X49^T is a member of the Halomonadaceae family within the order Oceanospirillales and can be isolated from salt-fermented larval gizzard shad. The genome of K. konosiri X49^T reported here provides a genetic basis for its halophilic character. Diverse genes were involved in salt-in and -out strategies enabling adaptation of X49^T to hypersaline environments. Due to resistance to high salt concentrations, genome research of K. konosiri X49^T will contribute to the improvement of environmental and biotechnological usage by enhancing understanding of the osmotic equilibrium in the cytoplasm. Its genome consists of 3,584,631 bp, with an average G + C content of 59.1%, and 3261 coding sequences, 12 rRNAs, 66 tRNAs, and 8 miscRNAs.

Keywords: Complete genome; Halomonadaceae; Halophile; Konosirus punctatus; Kushneria konosiri.

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