Draft genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic bacterium Acidithiobacillus caldus ATCC 51756 reveals metabolic versatility in the genus Acidithiobacillus.
Acidithiobacillus caldus is an extremely acidophilic, moderately thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic gammaproteobacterium that derives energy from the oxidation of sulfur and reduced inorganic sulfur compounds. Here we present the draft genome sequence of Acidithiobacillus caldus ATCC 51756 (the type strain of the species), which has permitted the prediction of genes for survival in extremely acidic environments, including genes for sulfur oxidation and nutrient assimilation.
Valdes
Jorge
J
Center for Bioinformatics and Genome Biology, Fundación Ciencia para la Vida and Depto. de Ciencias Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile.
Quatrini
Raquel
R
Hallberg
Kevin
K
Dopson
Mark
M
Valenzuela
Pablo D T
PD
Holmes
David S
DS
D042763:Acidithiobacillus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019295:Computational Biology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D015698:Genomic Library; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D001426:Bacterial Proteins