title: Genome sequence of Nitrosomonas sp. strain AL212, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium sensitive to high levels of ammonia.
abstract: Nitrosomonas sp. strain AL212 is an obligate chemolithotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacterium (AOB) that was originally isolated in 1997 by Yuichi Suwa and colleagues. This organism belongs to Nitrosomonas cluster 6A, which is characterized by sensitivity to high ammonia concentrations, higher substrate affinity (lower K(m)), and lower maximum growth rates than strains in Nitrosomonas cluster 7, which includes Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrosomonas eutropha. Genome-informed studies of this ammonia-sensitive cohort of AOB are needed, as these bacteria are found in freshwater environments, drinking water supplies, wastewater treatment systems, and soils worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suwa
authors.forename: Suwa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuichi
authors.forename: Jeanette M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Norton
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bollmann
authors.forename: Martin G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Klotz
authors.forename: Lisa Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Hendrikus J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Laanbroek
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Arp
authors.forename: Lynne A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Chertkov
authors.forename: Brittany
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Held
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: J Chris
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Detter
authors.forename: Janine C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Detter
authors.forename: Roxanne
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tapia
authors.forename: Cliff S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D000641:Ammonia / Q000378:metabolism; D052837:Chemoautotrophic Growth; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009606:Nitrosomonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010957:Plasmids; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D000641:Ammonia