Complete genome sequence of the facultatively chemolithoautotrophic and methylotrophic alpha Proteobacterium Starkeya novella type strain (ATCC 8093^T)

Journal Article · Wed Oct 10 00:00:00 EDT 2012 · Standards in Genomic Sciences

DOI:https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.3006378· OSTI ID:1059352

Kappler, Ulrike ^[1]; Davenport, Karen W. ^[1]; Beatson, Scott ^[1]; Lucas, Susan ^[1]; Lapidus, Alla L. ^[1]; Copeland, Alex ^[1]; Berry, Kerrie W. ^[1]; Glavina Del Rio, Tijana ^[1]; Hammon, Nancy ^[1]; Dalin, Eileen ^[1]; Tice, Hope ^[1]; Pitluck, Sam ^[1]; Richardson, Paul M. ^[1]; Bruce, David ^[1]; Goodwin, Lynne A. ^[1]; Han, Cliff ^[1]; Tapia, Roxanne ^[1]; Detter, John Chris ^[1]; Chang, Yun -Juan ^[1]; Jeffries, Cynthia D. ^[1] ; Land, Miriam L. ^[1]; Hauser, Loren John ^[1]; Kyrpides, Nikos C. ^[1]; Goker, Markus ^[1]; Ivanova, Natalia ^[1]; Klenk, Hans -Peter ^[1]; Woyke, Tanja ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Queensland, Brisbane (Australia)

Starkeya novella (Starkey 1934) Kelly et al. 2000 is a member of the family Xanthobacteraceae in the order Rhizobiales, which is thus far poorly characterized at the genome level. Cultures from this spe- cies are most interesting due to their facultatively chemolithoautotrophic lifestyle, which allows them to both consume carbon dioxide and to produce it. This feature makes S. novella an interesting model organism for studying the genomic basis of regulatory networks required for the switch between consumption and production of carbon dioxide, a key component of the global carbon cycle. In addition, S. novella is of interest for its ability to grow on various inorganic sulfur compounds and several C1- compounds such as methanol. Besides Azorhizobium caulinodans, S. novella is only the second species in the family Xanthobacteraceae with a completely sequenced genome of a type strain. The cur- rent taxonomic classification of this group is in significant conflict with the 16S rRNA data. The genomic data indicate that the physiological capabilities of the organism might have been underestimated. Here, the 4,765,023 bp long chromosome with its 4,511 protein-coding and 52 RNA genes was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Program (CSP) 2008.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Work for Others (WFO); USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1059352
• Journal Information: Standards in Genomic Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 1; ISSN 1944-3277
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
strictly aerobic
facultatively chemoautotrophic
methylotrophic and heterotrophic
Gram-negative
rod-shaped
non-motile
soil bacterium
Xanthobacteraceae
CSP 2008