title: Complete genome sequence of the Sporosarcina psychrophila DSM 6497, a psychrophilic Bacillus strain that mediates the calcium carbonate precipitation.
abstract: Sporosarcina psychrophila DSM 6497 is a gram positive, spore-formation psychrophilic bacterial strain, widely distributed in terrestrial and aquatic environments. Here we report its complete sequence including one circular chromosome of 4674191bp with a GC content of 40.3%. Genes encoding urease are predicted in the genome, which provide insight information on the microbiologically mediated urea hydrolysis process. This urea hydrolysis can further lead to an increase of carbonate anion and alkalinity in the environment, which promotes the microbiologically induced carbonate precipitation with various applications, such as the bioremediation of calcium rich wastewater and bio-reservation of architectural patrimony.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Wenkai
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Oceanology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China. Electronic address: zhang.yusjtu@sjtu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000737:chemistry*; D011232:Chemical Precipitation; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D058644:Sporosarcina / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D002119:Calcium Carbonate
keywords: Calcium carbonate; Urease; Wastewater treatment