Complete genome sequence of the filamentous gliding predatory bacterium Herpetosiphon aurantiacus type strain (114-95T). Issue 3 (November 2011) - Kiss, Hajnalka
Abstract Herpetosiphon aurantiacus Holt and Lewin 1968 is the type species of the genusHerpetosiphon, which in turn is the type genus of the familyHerpetosiphonaceae, type family of the orderHerpetosiphonales in the phylumChloroflexi .H. aurantiacus cells are organized in filaments which can rapidly glide. The species is of interest not only because of its rather isolated position in the tree of life, but also becauseHerpetosiphon ssp. were identified as predators capable of facultative predation by awolf pack strategy and of degrading the prey organisms by excreted hydrolytic enzymes. The genome ofH. aurantiacus strain 114-95T is the first completely sequenced genome of a member of the familyHerpetosiphonaceae . The 6, 346, 587 bp long chromosome and the two 339, 639 bp and 99, 204 bp long plasmids with a total of 5, 577 protein-coding and 77 RNA genes was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Program DOEM 2005.