Draft Genome Sequence of Halomonas urumqiensis BZ-SZ-XJ27T, an Aerobic Halophilic Bacterium Isolated from a Salt Lake

Ziya Liao; Dacheng Qiu; Haisheng Wang; Yanchun Yan; Jun Li; Baisuo Zhao

doi:10.1128/MRA.00877-18

Draft Genome Sequence of Halomonas urumqiensis BZ-SZ-XJ27^T, an Aerobic Halophilic Bacterium Isolated from a Salt Lake

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Jul 26;7(3):e00877-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00877-18. eCollection 2018 Jul.

Authors

Ziya Liao¹, Dacheng Qiu¹, Haisheng Wang¹, Yanchun Yan¹, Jun Li², Baisuo Zhao¹

Affiliations

¹ Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
² Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Abstract

The aerobic halophilic bacterium Halomonas urumqiensis BZ-SZ-XJ27^T, growing optimally at 1.42 M Na⁺, with a range of 0.22 to 4.32 M Na⁺, was isolated from a salt lake in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of strain BZ-SZ-XJ27^T, which consists of approximately 3.97 Mb and contains 3,588 predicted genes. Some of the genes that maintain intracellular osmotic balance were identified, offering valuable insights into specific adaptations to the hypersaline environment.