Draft Genome Sequence of Methanobacterium sp. Strain 34x, Reconstructed from an Enriched Electromethanogenic Biocathode

Ala'a Ragab; Dario R Shaw; Krishna P Katuri; Pascal E Saikaly

doi:10.1128/MRA.01138-19

Draft Genome Sequence of Methanobacterium sp. Strain 34x, Reconstructed from an Enriched Electromethanogenic Biocathode

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Nov 7;8(45):e01138-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01138-19.

Authors

Ala'a Ragab¹, Dario R Shaw¹, Krishna P Katuri¹, Pascal E Saikaly²

Affiliations

¹ Water Desalination and Reuse Center, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
² Water Desalination and Reuse Center, Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia pascal.saikaly@kaust.edu.sa.

Abstract

A draft genome sequence of Methanobacterium sp. strain 34x was reconstructed from the metagenome of an enriched electromethanogenic biocathode operated in a microbial electrosynthesis (MES) reactor. Methanobacterium sp. strain 34x has 68.98% nucleotide-level genomic similarity with the closest related methanogen available with a whole-genome assembly, Methanobacterium lacus strain AL-21. This genome will provide insight into the functional potential of methanogens at the biocathodes of MES systems.