The Genome Sequence of Methanohalophilus mahii SLP T Reveals Differences in the Energy Metabolism among Members of the Methanosarcinaceae Inhabiting Freshwater and Saline Environments
Abstract
Methanohalophilus mahii is the type species of the genus Methanohalophilus , which currently comprises three distinct species with validly published names. Mhp. mahii represents moderately halophilic methanogenic archaea with a strictly methylotrophic metabolism. The type strain SLP T was isolated from hypersaline sediments collected from the southern arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The 2,012,424 bp genome is a single replicon with 2032 protein-coding and 63 RNA genes and part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project. A comparison of the reconstructed energy metabolism in the halophilic species Mhp. mahii with other representatives of the Methanosarcinaceae reveals some interesting differences to freshwater species.
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- DSMZ—German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1632, USA
- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1632, USA, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM 87545-001, USA
- Biological Data Management and Technology Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1632, USA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830-8026, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, NM 87545-001, USA
- HZI—Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1632, USA, Davis Genome Center, University of California, Davis, CA 95817, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); German Research Foundation (DFG)
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- OSTI ID: 1630537
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- AC02-05CH11231; AC52-07NA27344; AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06NA25396; INST 599/1-2
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- Journal Name:
- Archaea
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Archaea Journal Volume: 2010; Journal ID: ISSN 1472-3646
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- Hindawi
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
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Spring, Stefan, Scheuner, Carmen, Lapidus, Alla, Lucas, Susan, Glavina Del Rio, Tijana, Tice, Hope, Copeland, Alex, Cheng, Jan-Fang, Chen, Feng, Nolan, Matt, Saunders, Elizabeth, Pitluck, Sam, Liolios, Konstantinos, Ivanova, Natalia, Mavromatis, Konstantinos, Lykidis, Athanasios, Pati, Amrita, Chen, Amy, Palaniappan, Krishna, Land, Miriam, Hauser, Loren, Chang, Yun-Juan, Jeffries, Cynthia D., Goodwin, Lynne, Detter, John C., Brettin, Thomas, Rohde, Manfred, Göker, Markus, Woyke, Tanja, Bristow, Jim, Eisen, Jonathan A., Markowitz, Victor, Hugenholtz, Philip, Kyrpides, Nikos C., and Klenk, Hans-Peter. The Genome Sequence of Methanohalophilus mahii SLP T Reveals Differences in the Energy Metabolism among Members of the Methanosarcinaceae Inhabiting Freshwater and Saline Environments. United States: N. p., 2010.
Web. doi:10.1155/2010/690737.
Spring, Stefan, Scheuner, Carmen, Lapidus, Alla, Lucas, Susan, Glavina Del Rio, Tijana, Tice, Hope, Copeland, Alex, Cheng, Jan-Fang, Chen, Feng, Nolan, Matt, Saunders, Elizabeth, Pitluck, Sam, Liolios, Konstantinos, Ivanova, Natalia, Mavromatis, Konstantinos, Lykidis, Athanasios, Pati, Amrita, Chen, Amy, Palaniappan, Krishna, Land, Miriam, Hauser, Loren, Chang, Yun-Juan, Jeffries, Cynthia D., Goodwin, Lynne, Detter, John C., Brettin, Thomas, Rohde, Manfred, Göker, Markus, Woyke, Tanja, Bristow, Jim, Eisen, Jonathan A., Markowitz, Victor, Hugenholtz, Philip, Kyrpides, Nikos C., & Klenk, Hans-Peter. The Genome Sequence of Methanohalophilus mahii SLP T Reveals Differences in the Energy Metabolism among Members of the Methanosarcinaceae Inhabiting Freshwater and Saline Environments. United States. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/690737
Spring, Stefan, Scheuner, Carmen, Lapidus, Alla, Lucas, Susan, Glavina Del Rio, Tijana, Tice, Hope, Copeland, Alex, Cheng, Jan-Fang, Chen, Feng, Nolan, Matt, Saunders, Elizabeth, Pitluck, Sam, Liolios, Konstantinos, Ivanova, Natalia, Mavromatis, Konstantinos, Lykidis, Athanasios, Pati, Amrita, Chen, Amy, Palaniappan, Krishna, Land, Miriam, Hauser, Loren, Chang, Yun-Juan, Jeffries, Cynthia D., Goodwin, Lynne, Detter, John C., Brettin, Thomas, Rohde, Manfred, Göker, Markus, Woyke, Tanja, Bristow, Jim, Eisen, Jonathan A., Markowitz, Victor, Hugenholtz, Philip, Kyrpides, Nikos C., and Klenk, Hans-Peter. Fri .
"The Genome Sequence of Methanohalophilus mahii SLP T Reveals Differences in the Energy Metabolism among Members of the Methanosarcinaceae Inhabiting Freshwater and Saline Environments". United States. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/690737.
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title = {The Genome Sequence of Methanohalophilus mahii SLP T Reveals Differences in the Energy Metabolism among Members of the Methanosarcinaceae Inhabiting Freshwater and Saline Environments},
author = {Spring, Stefan and Scheuner, Carmen and Lapidus, Alla and Lucas, Susan and Glavina Del Rio, Tijana and Tice, Hope and Copeland, Alex and Cheng, Jan-Fang and Chen, Feng and Nolan, Matt and Saunders, Elizabeth and Pitluck, Sam and Liolios, Konstantinos and Ivanova, Natalia and Mavromatis, Konstantinos and Lykidis, Athanasios and Pati, Amrita and Chen, Amy and Palaniappan, Krishna and Land, Miriam and Hauser, Loren and Chang, Yun-Juan and Jeffries, Cynthia D. and Goodwin, Lynne and Detter, John C. and Brettin, Thomas and Rohde, Manfred and Göker, Markus and Woyke, Tanja and Bristow, Jim and Eisen, Jonathan A. and Markowitz, Victor and Hugenholtz, Philip and Kyrpides, Nikos C. and Klenk, Hans-Peter},
abstractNote = {Methanohalophilus mahii is the type species of the genus Methanohalophilus , which currently comprises three distinct species with validly published names. Mhp. mahii represents moderately halophilic methanogenic archaea with a strictly methylotrophic metabolism. The type strain SLP T was isolated from hypersaline sediments collected from the southern arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The 2,012,424 bp genome is a single replicon with 2032 protein-coding and 63 RNA genes and part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project. A comparison of the reconstructed energy metabolism in the halophilic species Mhp. mahii with other representatives of the Methanosarcinaceae reveals some interesting differences to freshwater species.},
doi = {10.1155/2010/690737},
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place = {United States},
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https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/690737
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