Genome sequence of the filamentous, gliding Thiothrix nivea neotype strain (JP2T). Issue 3 (November 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lapidus, Alla; Nolan, Matt; Lucas, Susan; Glavina Del Rio, Tijana; Tice, Hope; Cheng, Jan-Fang; Tapia, Roxanne; Han, Cliff; Goodwin, Lynne; Pitluck, Sam; Liolios, Konstantinos; Pagani, Ioanna; Ivanova, Natalia; Huntemann, Marcel; Mavromatis, Konstantinos; Mikhailova, Natalia; Pati, Amrita; Chen, Amy; Palaniappan, Krishna; Land, Miriam; Brambilla, Evelyne-Marie; Rohde, Manfred; Abt, Birte; Verbarg, Susanne; Göker, Markus; Bristow, James; Eisen, Jonathan; Markowitz, Victor; Hugenholtz, Philip; Kyrpides, Nikos; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Woyke, Tanja;
• Is Part Of: Standards in genomic sciences. Volume 5:Issue 3(2011)
• Page Start: 398
• Page End: 406
• Publication Date: 2011-11
• Subjects: strictly aerobic -- gliding motility -- Gram-negative -- mesophile -- sheath -- filaments -- sulfur granules -- Thiotrichaceae -- GEBA; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics; Periodicals; 572.8605
• DOI: 10.4056/sigs.2344929
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-3277

Abstract

Abstract Thiothrix nivea (Rabenhorst 1865) Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Larkin and Shinabarger 1983 is the type species of the genusThiothrix in the familyThiotrichaceae . The species is of interest not only because of its isolated location in the yet to be genomically characterized region of the tree of life, but also because of its life-style with gliding gonidia, the multilayer sheath, rosettes, and the embedded sulfur granules. Strain JP2T is the neotype strain of the species which was first observed by Rabenhorst in 1865 and later reclassified by Winogradsky in 1888 into the then novel genusThiothrix . This is the first completed (improved-high-quality-draft) genome sequence to be published of a member of the familyThiotrichaceae . The genome in its current assembly consists of 15 contigs in four scaffolds with a total of 4, 691, 711 bp bearing 4, 542 protein-coding and 52 RNA genes and is a part of theG enomic E ncyclopedia of B acteria and A rchaea project.