title: Draft genome of Elstera litoralis, a freshwater epilithic biofilm associated bacterium from littoral zone of Lake Constance.
abstract: Elstera litoralis, is a Rhodospirillaceae member which was isolated from the littoral zone of Lake Constance from a stone biofilm using diatom extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) as C source. We present here the draft genome of E. litoralis which has a genome size of 3.83 Mb and 61.2% G+C content. Genome analysis indicated utilization of multiple C substrates explaining its heterotrophic lifestyle as a bacterium present in natural biofilms. Further comparative genome analysis of Elstera with other members of Rhodospirillaceae would be helpful to understand the evolutionary relationships and divergence of hydrobacteria from terrabacteria.
authors.affiliation: Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India. Electronic address: monalirahalkar@aripune.org.
authors.forename: Monali C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rahalkar
authors.affiliation: Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Soham
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pore
authors.affiliation: Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Preeti
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.affiliation: Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Pranitha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.affiliation: Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Neelam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kapse
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bahulikar
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Biology, University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany.
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schink
authors.affiliation: Bioenergy Group, MACS Agharkar Research Institute, G.G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411004, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Prashant K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Dhakephalkar
mesh_terms: D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D018441:Biofilms; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D005858:Germany; D060106:Lakes / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial
keywords: Draft genome; Elstera litoralis; Epilithic biofilms; Lake Constance