Complete genome sequence of the haloalkaliphilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic thiosulfate and sulfide-oxidizing γ-proteobacterium Thioalkalimicrobium cyclicum type strain ALM 1 (DSM 14477(T)).
Thioalkalimicrobium cyclicum Sorokin et al. 2002 is a member of the family Piscirickettsiaceae in the order Thiotrichales. The γ-proteobacterium belongs to the colourless sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from saline soda lakes with stable alkaline pH, such as Lake Mono (California) and Soap Lake (Washington State). Strain ALM 1(T) is characterized by its adaptation to life in the oxic/anoxic interface towards the less saline aerobic waters (mixolimnion) of the stable stratified alkaline salt lakes. Strain ALM 1(T) is the first representative of the genus Thioalkalimicrobium whose genome sequence has been deciphered and the fourth genome sequence of a type strain of the Piscirickettsiaceae to be published. The 1,932,455 bp long chromosome with its 1,684 protein-coding and 50 RNA genes was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Program (CSP) 2008.
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Ulrike
U
Kappler
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
Karen
K
Davenport
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Scott
S
Beatson
Centre for Algorithmic Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Alla
A
Lapidus
DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA ; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
Chongle
C
Pan
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA ; DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
Cliff
C
Han
School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Maria Del Carmen
Mdel C
Montero-Calasanz
DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA ; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
Miriam
M
Land
DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA ; Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
Loren
L
Hauser
Central Facility for Microscopy, HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
Manfred
M
Rohde
Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany.
Markus
M
Göker
DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
Natalia
N
Ivanova
DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.
Tanja
T
Woyke
School of Biology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Hans-Peter
HP
Klenk
DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA ; Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Nikos C
NC
Kyrpides
Aerobic; CSP 2008; Gram-negative; Mono Lake; Obligate chemolithoautotroph; Piscirickettsiaceae; Sulfur oxidizer