Draft Genome Sequence of the Extremely Halophilic Phototrophic Purple Sulfur Bacterium Halorhodospira halochloris

Kumar Saurabh Singh¹, Jared Kirksey², Wouter D. Hoff³, Ratnakar Deole^{2 ✉}

1. School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, 62032 CAMERINO (MC) ITALY.
2. Department of Natural Sciences, Northeastern State University, Broken Arrow, OK, USA;
3. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.

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Citation:
Singh KS, Kirksey J, Hoff WD, Deole R. Draft Genome Sequence of the Extremely Halophilic Phototrophic Purple Sulfur Bacterium Halorhodospira halochloris. J Genomics 2014; 2:118-120. doi:10.7150/jgen.9123. Available from http://www.jgenomics.com/v02p0118.htm

Abstract

Halorhodospira halochloris is an extremely halophilic bacterium isolated from hypersaline Wadi Nantrun lakes in Egypt. Here we report the draft genome sequence of this gammaproteobacteria (GI number: 589289709, GenBank Accession number: CP007268). The 3.5-Mb genome encodes for photosynthesis and biosynthesis of organic osmoprotectants. Comparison with the genome of H.halophila promises to yield insights into the evolution of halophilic adaptations.

Keywords: Halorhodospira halochloris, genome sequence