title: Complete genome sequence of the anaerobic perchlorate-reducing bacterium Azospira suillum strain PS.
abstract: Azospira suillum strain PS (formally Dechlorosoma suillum strain PS) is a metabolically versatile betaproteobacterium first identified for its ability to grow by dissimilatory reduction of perchlorate and chlorate [denoted (per)chlorate]. Together with Dechloromonas species, these two genera represent the dominant (per)chlorate-reducing bacteria in mesophilic freshwater environments. In addition to (per)chlorate reduction, A. suillum is capable of the anaerobic oxidation of humic substances and is the first anaerobic nitrate-dependent Fe(II) oxidizer outside the Diaphorobacter and Acidovorax genera for which there is a completed genome sequence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant and Microbiology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryne G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Byrne-Bailey
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Coates
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010472:Perchlorates / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010472:Perchlorates; C494474:perchlorate