title: Genome features of moderately halophilic polyhydroxyalkanoate-producingYangiasp. CCB-MM3.
abstract: Yangiasp. CCB-MM3 was one of several halophilic bacteria isolated from soil sediment in the estuarine Matang Mangrove, Malaysia. So far, no member from the genusYangia, a member of theRhodobacteraceaefamily, has been reported sequenced. In the current study, we present the first complete genome sequence ofYangiasp. strain CCB-MM3. The genome includes two chromosomes and five plasmids with a total length of 5,522,061 bp and an average GC content of 65%. Since a different strain ofYangiasp. (ND199) was reported to produce a polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer, the ability for this production was testedin vitroand confirmed for strain CCB-MM3. Analysis of its genome sequence confirmed presence of a pathway for production of propionyl-CoA and gene cluster for PHA production in the sequenced strain. The genome sequence described will be a useful resource for understanding the physiology and metabolic potential ofYangiaas well as for comparative genomic analysis with otherRhodobacteraceae.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bayan Lepas, 11900 Penang Malaysia.
authors.forename: Nyok-Sean
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bayan Lepas, 11900 Penang Malaysia.
authors.forename: Ka-Kei
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Sam
authors.affiliation: Centre for Chemical Biology, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bayan Lepas, 11900 Penang Malaysia.|School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, 11800 Penang Malaysia.
authors.forename: Abdullah Al-Ashraf
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Amirul
keywords: Halophile; Matang mangrove; Polyhydroxyalkanoate; Rhodobacteraceae; Yangia