title: Draft genome of Gemmata massiliana sp. nov, a water-borne Planctomycetes species exhibiting two variants.
abstract: Gemmata massiliana is a new Planctomycetes bacterium isolated from a hospital water network in France, using a new culture medium. It is an aerobic microorganism with optimal growth at pH 8, at 30 °C and salinity ≤ 1.25 % NaCl. G. massiliana is resistant to β-lactam antibiotics, due to lack of peptidoglycan in its cell wall.G. massiliana shares a 97 % 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with the nearest species, Gemmata obscuriglobus; and 99 % similarity with unnamed soil isolates. Its 9,249,437-bp genome consists in one chromosome and no detectable plasmid and has a 64.07 % G + C content, 32.94 % of genes encoding for hypothetical proteins. The genome contains an incomplete 19.6-kb phage sequence, 26 CRISPRs, 3 CAS and 15 clusters of secondary metabolites. G. massiliana genome increases knowledge of a poorly known world of bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Faculté de médecine, 27 Boulevard jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aghnatios
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Faculté de médecine, 27 Boulevard jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cayrou
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Faculté de médecine, 27 Boulevard jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Garibal
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Faculté de médecine, 27 Boulevard jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Faculté de médecine, 27 Boulevard jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Said
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Azza
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Faculté de médecine, 27 Boulevard jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Raoult
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD198, Inserm 1095, Faculté de médecine, 27 Boulevard jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille, cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
keywords: Culture; Gemmata; Gemmata massiliana; Gemmata obscuriglobus; Genome; Hospital water network; Planctomycetes