title: Draft genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic bacterium Acidithiobacillus caldus ATCC 51756 reveals metabolic versatility in the genus Acidithiobacillus.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: 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.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valdes
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quatrini
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hallberg
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dopson
authors.forename: Pablo D T
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Valenzuela
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Holmes
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins