Genome sequence of the Verrucomicrobium Opitutus terrae PB90-1, an abundant inhabitant of rice paddy soil ecosystems

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2011 · Journal of Bacteriology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00228-11· OSTI ID:1015697

Kant, Ravi ^[1]; Palva, Airi ^[1]; Copeland, A ^[2]; Lucas, Susan ^[2]; Lapidus, Alla L ^[2]; Glavina Del Rio, Tijana ^[2]; Pitluck, Sam ^[2]; Goltsman, Eugene ^[2]; Clum, Alicia ^[2]; Hui, Sun ^[2]; Schmutz, Jeremy ^[3]; Larimer, Frank W ^[4]; Land, Miriam L ^[4]; Hauser, Loren John ^[4]; Kyrpides, Nikos C ^[2]; Mikhailova, Natalia ^[2]; Richardson, Paul ^[2]; Janssen, Peter H ^[5]; De Vos, Willem M ^[6]; Smidt, Hauke ^[6]

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1. University of Helsinki
2. U.S. Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute
3. Stanford University
4. ORNL
5. AgResearch Ltd, Grasslands Research Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
6. Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands

Opitutus terrae PB90-1 is a member of the deeply branching bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia. Bacteria in this phylum are only rarely cultured, but common in metagenomic libraries from aquatic, terrestrial and intestinal environments. O. terrae is a numerically abundant anaerobe capable of propionate production from plant-derived polysaccharides.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: ORNL work for others
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1015697
• Journal Information: Journal of Bacteriology, Journal Name: Journal of Bacteriology Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 193; ISSN 0021-9193
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
BACTERIA
ECOSYSTEMS
POLYSACCHARIDES
PRODUCTION
RICE
SOILS