Complete genome sequence of Granulicella tundricola type strain MP5ACTX9T, an Acidobacteria from tundra soil

• Published in: Standards in Genomic Sciences
• Main Authors: Rawat, Suman R, Männistö, Minna K, Starovoytov, Valentin, Goodwin, Lynne, Nolan, Matt, Hauser, Loren, Land, Miriam, Davenport, Karen Walston, Woyke, Tanja, Häggblom, Max M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Microbiology; Biological Sciences; Genetics; Human Genome; cold adapted; acidophile; tundra soil; Acidobacteria; Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Tundra
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0t9612tw; https://escholarship.org/content/qt0t9612tw/qt0t9612tw.pdf; https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.4648353

Granulicella tundricola strain MP5ACTX9(T) is a novel species of the genus Granulicella in subdivision 1 Acidobacteria. G. tundricola is a predominant member of soil bacterial communities, active at low temperatures and nutrient limiting conditions in Arctic alpine tundra. The organism is a cold-adapted acidophile and a versatile heterotroph that hydrolyzes a suite of sugars and complex polysaccharides. Genome analysis revealed metabolic versatility with genes involved in metabolism and transport of carbohydrates, including gene modules encoding for the carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZy) families for the breakdown, utilization and biosynthesis of diverse structural and storage polysaccharides such as plant based carbon polymers. The genome of G. tundricola strain MP5ACTX9(T) consists of 4,309,151 bp of a circular chromosome and five mega plasmids with a total genome content of 5,503,984 bp. The genome comprises 4,705 protein-coding genes and 52 RNA genes.