Complete genome sequence of the sulfur compounds oxidizing chemolithoautotroph Sulfuricurvum kujiense type strain (YK-1T)
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- Technical University of Braunschweig
- U.S. Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute
- ORNL
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures GmbH, Braunschweig, Germany
- HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
Sulfuricurvum kujiense Kodama and Watanabe 2004 is the type species of the monotypic genus Sulfuricurvum, which belongs to the family Helicobacteriaceae in the class Epsilonproteobacteria. The species is of interest because it is frequently found in crude oil and oil sands where it utilizes various reduced sulfur compounds such as elemental sulfur, sulfide and thiosulfate as electron donors. Members of the species do not utilize sugars, organic acids and hydrocarbons as carbon and energy sources. This is the first completed genome sequence of a member of the genus Sulfuricurvum. The genome, which consists of a circular chromosome of 2,574,824 bp length and four plasmids of 118,585 bp, 71,513 bp, 51,014 bp, and 3,421 bp length, respectively, harboring a total of 2,879 protein-coding and 61 RNA genes and is a part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Work for Others (WFO)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1049874
- Journal Information:
- Standards in Genomic Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1; ISSN 1944-3277
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
BACTERIA
BINDING ENERGY
CARBON
CHROMOSOMES
ELECTRONS
ENERGY SOURCES
GENES
HYDROCARBONS
OIL SANDS
ORGANIC ACIDS
PETROLEUM
PLASMIDS
RNA
SACCHARIDES
STRAINS
SULFIDES
SULFUR
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
THIOSULFATES
VALENCE
facultatively anaerobic
microaerobic
motile
Gram-negative
sulfur-oxidizing
mesophilic
chemolithoautotrophic
Helicobacteracea
GEBA