Complete genome sequence of Thauera aminoaromatica strain MZ1T

Authors

Ke Jiang, The University of Tennessee
John Sanseverino, The University of Tennessee
Archana Chauhan, The University of Tennessee
Susan Lucas, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Alex Copeland, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Alla Lapidus, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Tijana Glavina Del Rio, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Eileen Dalin, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Hope Tice, DOE Joint Genome Institute
David Bruce, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Lynne Goodwin, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Sam Pitluck, DOE Joint Genome Institute
David Sims, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thomas Brettin, DOE Joint Genome Institute
John C. Detter, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Cliff Han, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Y.J. Chang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Frank Larimer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Miriam Land, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Loren Hauser, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Nikos C. Kyrpides, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Natalia Mikhailova, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Scott Moser, The University of Tennessee
Patricia Jegier, The University of Tennessee
Dan Close, The University of Tennessee
Jennifer M. DeBruyn, The University of Tennessee
Ying Wang, The University of Tennessee
Alice C. Layton, The University of Tennessee
Michael S. Allen, University of North Texas
Gary S. Sayler, The University of TennesseeFollow

Date of this Version

2012

Citation

Standards in Genomic Sciences (2012) 6:325-335; DOI:10.4056/sigs.2696029

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.