Genome Sequences of Allochromatium palmeri and Allochromatium humboldtianum Expand the Allochromatium Family Tree of Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacteria within the Gammaproteobacteria and Further Refine the Genus

John A Kyndt; Terry E Meyer

doi:10.1128/MRA.00774-20

Genome Sequences of Allochromatium palmeri and Allochromatium humboldtianum Expand the Allochromatium Family Tree of Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacteria within the Gammaproteobacteria and Further Refine the Genus

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Aug 13;9(33):e00774-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00774-20.

Authors

John A Kyndt¹, Terry E Meyer²

Affiliations

¹ College of Science and Technology, Bellevue University, Bellevue, Nebraska, USA jkyndt@bellevue.edu.
² Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Abstract

New genomes of two Allochromatium strains were sequenced. Whole-genome and average nucleotide identity based on BLAST (ANIb) comparisons show that Allochromatium humboldtianum is the nearest relative of Allochromatium vinosum (ANIb, 91.5%), while both Allochromatium palmeri and Thermochromatium tepidum are more distantly related (ANIb, <87%). These new sequences firmly establish the position of Allochromatium on the family tree.