ena-STUDY-Friedrich Schiller University Jena-28-09-2020-12:50:04:656-448
Acidithrix sp. C25 was a representative iron snow strain and studies of chemical communication and interspecies aggregation mechanism  between Acidithrix sp. C25 and Acidiphilium sp. C61 were conducted. Here we sequenced the whole genome of Acidithrix sp. C25 to broaden our knowledge of its metabolic activities in iron snow microbiome.
Acidithrix sp. C25 is heterotrophic acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from central basin of acidic lignite mine lake 77 located in the Lusatian district of Brandenburg, Germany. Acidithrix genus is a novel genus that belongs to Acidimicrobiaceae family within the class Acidimicrobiia and only one representative strain Acidithrix ferrooxidans Py-F3 was isolated and sequenced (Jones and Barrie Johnson 2015). Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Acidithrix sp. C25 to enlarge the database of the new Acidithrix genus and a preliminary genome analysis that reveals metabolic potential in iron-rich pelagic aggregates (iron snow).
Acidithrix sp. C25 is heterotrophic acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacterium isolated from central basin of acidic lignite mine lake 77 located in the Lusatian district of Brandenburg, Germany. Acidithrix genus is a novel genus that belongs to Acidimicrobiaceae family within the class Acidimicrobiia and only one representative strain Acidithrix ferrooxidans Py-F3 was isolated and sequenced (Jones and Barrie Johnson 2015). Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Acidithrix sp. C25 to enlarge the database of the new Acidithrix genus and a preliminary genome analysis that reveals metabolic potential in iron-rich pelagic aggregates (iron snow).