Genome sequence of the mud-dwelling archaeon Methanoplanus limicola type strain (DSM 2279T), reclassification of Methanoplanus petrolearius as Methanolacinia petrolearia and emended descriptions of the genera Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia

Göker, M; Lu, M; Fiebig, A; Nolan, M; Lapidus, A; Tice, H; Rio, TGD; Cheng, JF; Han, C; Tapia, R; Goodwin, LA; Pitluck, S; Liolios, K; Mavromatis, K; Pagani, I; Ivanova, N; Mikhailova, N; Pati, A; Chen, A; Palaniappan, K; Land, M; Mayilraj, S; Rohde, M; Detter, JC; Bunk, B; Spring, S; Wirth, R; Woyke, T; Bristow, J; Eisen, JA; Markowitz, V; Hugenholtz, P; Kyrpides, NC; Klenk, HP

doi:10.4056/sigs.5138968

Genome sequence of the mud-dwelling archaeon Methanoplanus limicola type strain (DSM 2279^T), reclassification of Methanoplanus petrolearius as Methanolacinia petrolearia and emended descriptions of the genera Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Hans-Peter Klenk

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Abstract

Methanoplanus limicola Wildgruber et al. 1984 is a mesophilic methanogen that was isolated from a swamp composed of drilling waste near Naples, Italy, shortly after the Archaea were recognized as a separate domain of life. Methanoplanus is the type genus in the family Methanoplanaceae, a taxon that felt into disuse since modern 16S rRNA gene sequences-based taxonomy was established. Methanoplanus is now placed within the Methanomicrobiaceae, a family that is so far poorly characterized at the genome level. The only other type strain of the genus with a sequenced genome, Methanoplanus petrolearius SEBR 4847^T, turned out to be misclassified and required reclassification to Methanolacinia. Both, Methanoplanus and Methanolacinia, needed taxonomic emendations due to a significant deviation of the G+C content of their genomes from previously published (pre-genome-sequence era) values. Until now genome sequences were published for only four of the 33 species with validly published names in the Methanomicrobiaceae. Here we describe the features of M. limicola, together with the improved-high-quality draft genome sequence and annotation of the type strain, M3^T. The 3,200,946 bp long chromosome (permanent draft sequence) with its 3,064 protein-coding and 65 RNA genes is a part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.

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Author(s): Göker M, Lu M, Fiebig A, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Tice H, Rio TGD, Cheng JF, Han C, Tapia R, Goodwin LA, Pitluck S, Liolios K, Mavromatis K, Pagani I, Ivanova N, Mikhailova N, Pati A, Chen A, Palaniappan K, Land M, Mayilraj S, Rohde M, Detter JC, Bunk B, Spring S, Wirth R, Woyke T, Bristow J, Eisen JA, Markowitz V, Hugenholtz P, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Standards in Genomic Sciences

Year: 2014

Volume: 9

Issue: 3

Pages: 1076-1088

Print publication date: 05/07/2014

Online publication date: 15/03/2014

Date deposited: 18/03/2015

ISSN (electronic): 1944-3277

Publisher: Genomic Standards Consortium

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4149034/

DOI: 10.4056/sigs.5138968

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