Genome Sequence of Exiguobacterium antarcticum B7, Isolated from a Biofilm in Ginger Lake, King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Bacteriology
• Main Authors: Carneiro, Adriana Ribeiro, Ramos, Rommel Thiago Jucá, Dall'Agnol, Hivana, Pinto, Anne Cybelle, de Castro Soares, Siomar, Santos, Anderson Rodrigues, Guimarães, Luis Carlos, Almeida, Sintia Silva, Baraúna, Rafael Azevedo, das Graças, Diego Assis, Franco, Luciano Chaves, Ali, Amjad, Hassan, Syed Shah, Nunes, Catarina Isabel P., Barbosa, Maria Silvanira, Fiaux, Karina Kelly, Aburjaile, Flávia Figueira, Barbosa, Eudes Guilherme Vieira, Bakhtiar, Syeda Marriam, Vilela, Daniella, Nóbrega, Felipe, dos Santos, Adriana Lopes, Carepo, Marta Sofia P., Azevedo, Vasco, Schneider, Maria Paula Cruz, Pellizari, Vivian Helena, Silva, Artur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; King George Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.01791-12; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JB.01791-12

ABSTRACT Exiguobacterium antarcticum is a psychotropic bacterium isolated for the first time from microbial mats of Lake Fryxell in Antarctica. Many organisms of the genus Exiguobacterium are extremophiles and have properties of biotechnological interest, e.g., the capacity to adapt to cold, which make this genus a target for discovering new enzymes, such as lipases and proteases, in addition to improving our understanding of the mechanisms of adaptation and survival at low temperatures. This study presents the genome of E. antarcticum B7, isolated from a biofilm sample of Ginger Lake on King George Island, Antarctic peninsula.