Complete genome sequence of Rhodothermus marinus type strain (R-10T)

• Published in: Standards in Genomic Sciences
• Main Authors: Nolan, Matt, Tindall, Brian J., Pomrenke, Helga, Lapidus, Alla, Copeland, Alex, Glavina Del Rio, Tijana, Lucas, Susan, Chen, Feng, Tice, Hope, Cheng, Jan-Fang, Saunders, Elizabeth, Han, Cliff, Bruce, David, Goodwin, Lynne, Chain, Patrick, Pitluck, Sam, Ovchinikova, Galina, Pati, Amrita, Ivanova, Natalia, Mavromatis, Konstantinos, Chen, Amy, Palaniappan, Krishna, Land, Miriam, Hauser, Loren, Chang, Yun-Juan, Jeffries, Cynthia D., Brettin, Thomas, Göker, Markus, Bristow, James, Eisen, Jonathan A., Markowitz, Victor, Hugenholtz, Philip, Kyrpides, Nikos C., Klenk, Hans-Peter, Detter, John C.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Michigan State University 2009
• Subjects: Short Genome Reports; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3035238; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21304669; https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.46736

Rhodothermus marinus Alfredsson et al. 1995 is the type species of the genus and is of phylogenetic interest because the Rhodothermaceae represent the deepest lineage in the phylum Bacteroidetes. R. marinus R-10T is a Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming bacterium isolated from marine hot springs off the coast of Iceland. Strain R-10T is strictly aerobic and requires slightly halophilic conditions for growth. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation. This is the first complete genome sequence of the genus Rhodothermus, and only the second sequence from members of the family Rhodothermaceae. The 3,386,737 bp genome (including a 125 kb plasmid) with its 2914 protein-coding and 48 RNA genes is part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.