Complete genome sequence of Acidaminococcus fermentans type strain (VR4T). Issue 1 (July 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chang, Yun-Juan; Pukall, Rüdiger; Saunders, Elizabeth; Lapidus, Alla; Copeland, Alex; Nolan, Matt; Glavina Del Rio, Tijana; Lucas, Susan; Chen, Feng; Tice, Hope; Cheng, Jan-Fang; Han, Cliff; Detter, John; Bruce, David; Goodwin, Lynne; Pitluck, Sam; Mikhailova, Natalia; Liolios, Konstantinos; Pati, Amrita; Ivanova, Natalia; Mavromatis, Konstantinos; Chen, Amy; Palaniappan, Krishna; Land, Miriam; Hauser, Loren; Jeffries, Cynthia; Brettin, Thomas; Rohde, Manfred; Göker, Markus; Bristow, James; Eisen, Jonathan; Markowitz, Victor; Hugenholtz, Philip; Kyrpides, Nikos; Klenk, Hans-Peter;
• Is Part Of: Standards in genomic sciences. Volume 3:Issue 1(2010)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 14
• Publication Date: 2010-07
• Subjects: anaerobic -- mesophile -- diplococcus -- gastrointestinal tract -- trans-aconitate degradation -- glutamate fermentation -- Acidaminococcaceae -- Selenomonadales -- Negativicutes -- GEBA; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics; Periodicals; 572.8605
• DOI: 10.4056/sigs.1002553
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-3277

Abstract

Abstract Acidaminococcus fermentans (Rogosa 1969) is the type species of the genusAcidaminococcus, and is of phylogenetic interest because of its isolated placement in a genomically little characterized region of theFirmicutes .A. fermentans is known for its habitation of the gastrointestinal tract and its ability to oxidizetrans -aconitate. Its anaerobic fermentation of glutamate has been intensively studied and will now be complemented by the genomic basis. The strain described in this report is a nonsporulating, nonmotile, Gram-negative coccus, originally isolated from a pig alimentary tract. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation. This is the first complete genome sequence of a member of the familyAcidaminococcaceae, and the 2, 329, 769 bp long genome with its 2, 101 protein-coding and 81 RNA genes is part of theG enomic E ncyclopedia of B acteria and A rchaea project.