title: High quality draft genome sequence of Meganema perideroedes str. Gr1(T) and a proposal for its reclassification to the family Meganemaceae fam. nov.
abstract: Meganema perideroedes Gr1(T) is a filamentous bacterium isolated from an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant where it is implicated in poor sludge settleability (bulking). M. perideroedes is the sole described species of the genus Meganema and of the proposed novel family "Meganemaceae". Here we describe the features of the type strain Gr1(T) along with its annotated genome sequence. The 3,409,949 bp long draft genome consists of 22 scaffolds with 3,033 protein-coding and 59 RNA genes and is a part of Genomic Encyclopedia of Type Strains, Phase I: the one thousand microbial genomes KMG project. Notably, genome annotation indicated the potential for facultative methylotrophy. However, the ability to utilize methanol as a carbon source could not be empirically demonstrated for the type strain or for in situ Meganema spp. strains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Centre for Microbial Communities, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: McIlroy
authors.affiliation: Theodosius Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bionformatics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia ; Algorithmic Biology Lab, St. Petersburg Academic University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
authors.forename: Alla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lapidus
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Centre for Microbial Communities, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Trine R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lobos
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huntemann
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Amrita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pati
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Natalia N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.affiliation: Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA.
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Markowitz
authors.affiliation: DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verbarg
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woyke
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Klenk
authors.affiliation: DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA ; Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kyrpides
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Centre for Microbial Communities, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
authors.forename: Per H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Nielsen
keywords: Activated sludge; Bulking; Facultative methylotroph; Filamentous; Meganema; Meganemaceae; Wastewater