title: Criblamydia sequanensis Harbors a Megaplasmid Encoding Arsenite Resistance.
abstract: Criblamydia sequanensis is an amoeba-resisting bacterium recently isolated from the Seine River. This Chlamydia-related bacterium harbors a genome of approximately 3 Mbp and a megaplasmid of 89,525 bp. The plasmid encodes several efflux systems and an operon for arsenite resistance. This first genome sequence within the Criblamydiaceae family enlarges our view on the evolution and the ecology of this important bacterial clade largely understudied so far.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bertelli
authors.affiliation: University of Giessen, Systembiologie, Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goesmann
authors.affiliation: Center for Research on Intracellular Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland gilbert.greub@chuv.ch.
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Greub