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Genome sequence of the moderately thermophilic halophile Flexistipes sinusarabici strain (MAS10)

Published in:

Stand Genomic Sci 5(1) , 86-96 (Oct 15 2011)

Author(s):

Lapidus, A., Chertkov, O., Nolan, M., Lucas, S., Hammon, N., Deshpande, S., Cheng, J. F., Tapia, R., Han, C., Goodwin, L., Pitluck, S., Liolios, K., Pagani, I., Ivanova, N., Huntemann, M., Mavromatis, K., Mikhailova, N., Pati, A., Chen, A., Palaniappan, K., Land, M., Hauser, L., Brambilla, E. M., Rohde, M., Abt, B., Spring, S., Goker, M., Bristow, J., Eisen, J. A., Markowitz, V., Hugenholtz, P., Kyrpides, N. C., Klenk, H. P., Woyke, T.

DOI:

10.4056/sigs.2235024

Abstract:

Flexistipes sinusarabici Fiala et al. 2000 is the type species of the genus Flexistipes in the family Deferribacteraceae. The species is of interest because of its isolated phylogenetic location in a genomically under-characterized region of the tree of life, and because of its origin from a multiply extreme environment; the Atlantis Deep brines of the Red Sea, where it had to struggle with high temperatures, high salinity, and a high concentrations of heavy metals. This is the fourth completed genome sequence to be published of a type strain of the family Deferribacteraceae. The 2,526,590 bp long genome with its 2,346 protein-coding and 53 RNA genes is a part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.

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