title: Whole-genome shotgun optical mapping of Rhodospirillum rubrum.
abstract: Rhodospirillum rubrum is a phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacterium known for its unique and well-studied nitrogen fixation and carbon monoxide oxidation systems and as a source of hydrogen and biodegradable plastic production. To better understand this organism and to facilitate assembly of its sequence, three whole-genome restriction endonuclease maps (XbaI, NheI, and HindIII) of R. rubrum strain ATCC 11170 were created by optical mapping. Optical mapping is a system for creating whole-genome ordered restriction endonuclease maps from randomly sheared genomic DNA molecules extracted from cells. During the sequence finishing process, all three optical maps confirmed a putative error in sequence assembly, while the HindIII map acted as a scaffold for high-resolution alignment with sequence contigs spanning the whole genome. In addition to highlighting optical mapping's role in the assembly and confirmation of genome sequence, this work underscores the unique niche in resolution occupied by the optical mapping system. With a resolution ranging from 6.5 kb (previously published) to 45 kb (reported here), optical mapping advances a "molecular cytogenetics" approach to solving problems in genomic analysis.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Molecular and Computational Genomics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, UW-Biotechnology Center, 425 Henry Mall, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reslewic
authors.forename: Shiguo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Place
authors.forename: Yaoping
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Briska
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Churas
authors.forename: Rod
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Runnheim
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Forrest
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lapidus
authors.forename: Cliff S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Gary P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Schwartz
mesh_terms: D020451:Contig Mapping / Q000379:methods; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D015183:Restriction Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D012247:Rhodospirillum rubrum / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA