Genome Sequence of the Arctic Methanotroph Methylobacter tundripaludum SV96
- University of Tromso, Norway
- University of Alberta, Edmondton, Canada
- University of Louisville, Louisville
- University of Washington, Seattle
- University of Vienna, Austria
- University of Strasbourg
- Genoscope/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Unite Mixte de Recherche
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- U.S. Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute
- ORNL
Methylobacter tundripaludum SV96(T) (ATCC BAA-1195) is a psychrotolerant aerobic methane-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium (Methylococcales, Methylococcaceae) living in High Arctic wetland soil. The strain was isolated from soil harvested in July 1996 close to the settlement Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway (78 degrees 56'N, 11 degrees 53'E), and described as a novel species in 2006. The genome includes pmo and pxm operons encoding copper membrane monooxygenases (Cu-MMOs), genes required for nitrogen fixation, and the nirS gene implicated in dissimilatory nitrite reduction to NO but no identifiable inventory for further processing of nitrogen oxides. These genome data provide the basis to investigate M. tundripaludum SV96, identified as a major player in the biogeochemistry of Arctic environments.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Work for Others (WFO)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1033166
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 193, Issue 22; ISSN 0021-9193
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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