Complete genome sequence of the sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic Sulfurovum lithotrophicum 42BKT(T).

Authors: Jeon, Wooyoung and Priscilla, Lia and Park, Gyuyeon and Lee, Heeseok and Lee, Narae and Lee, Dongyup and Kwon, Hyuksung and Ahn, Iksung and Lee, Changha and Lee, Hongweon and Ahn, Jungoh

A sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic bacterium, Sulfurovum lithotrophicum 42BKT(T), isolated from hydrothermal sediments in Okinawa, Japan, has been used industrially for CO2 bio-mitigation owing to its ability to convert CO2 into C5H8NO4(-) at a high rate of specific mitigation (0.42 g CO2/cell/h). The genome of S. lithotrophicum 42BKT(T) comprised of a single chromosome of 2217,891 bp with 2217 genes, including 2146 protein-coding genes and 54 RNA genes. Here, we present its complete genome-sequence information, including information about the genes encoding enzymes involved in CO2 fixation and sulfur oxidation.

Journal: Standards in genomic sciences
DOI: 10.1186/s40793-017-0265-z
Year: 2017

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