Abstract
Thauera aminoaromatica strain MZ1T, an isolate belonging to genus Thauera, of the family Rhodocyclaceae and the class the Betaproteobacteria, has been characterized for its ability to produce abundant exopolysaccharide and degrade various aromatic compounds with nitrate as an electron acceptor. These properties, if fully understood at the genome-sequence level, can aid in environmental processing of organic matter in anaerobic cycles by short-circuiting a central anaerobic metabolite, acetate, from microbiological conversion to methane, a critical greenhouse gas. Strain MZ1T is the first strain from the genus Thauera with a completely sequenced genome. The 4,496,212 bp chromosome and 78,374 bp plasmid contain 4,071 protein-coding and 71 RNA genes, and were sequenced as part of the DOE Community Sequencing Program CSP_776774.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 325-335 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Standards in Genomic Sciences |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by the Center for Environmental Biotechnology and the University of Tennessee Waste Management Research and Education Institute and by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research, Life Sciences Division, U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-
Funders | Funder number |
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Center for Environmental Biotechnology | |
University of Tennessee Waste Management Research and Education Institute | |
U.S. Department of Energy | DE-AC02 |
Office of Science | |
Biological and Environmental Research | |
Life Sciences Division, Army Research Office |
Keywords
- Genome
- MZ1T
- Thauera aminoaromatica