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Gracilimonas tropica Choi et al. 2009 is a member of order Sphingobacteriales, class Sphingobacteriia. Three species of the genus Gracilimonas have been isolated from marine seawater or a salt mine and showed extremely halotolerant and mesophilic features, although close relatives are extremely halophilic or thermophilic. The type strain of the type species of Gracilimonas, G. tropica DSM19535(T), was isolated from a Synechococcus culture which was established from the tropical sea-surface water of the Pacific Ocean. The genome of the strain DSM19535T was sequenced through the Genomic Encyclopedia of Type Strains, Phase I: the one thousand microbial genomes project. Here, we describe the genomic features of the strain. The 3,831,242 bp long draft genome consists of 48 contigs with 3373 protein-coding and 53 RNA genes. The strain seems to adapt to phosphate limitation and requires amino acids from external environment. In addition, genomic analyses and pasteurization experiment suggested that G. tropica DSM19535(T) did not form spore.
Author(s): Choi DH, Ahn C, Jang GI, Lapidus A, Han J, Reddy TBK, Huntemann M, Pati A, Ivanova N, Markowitz V, Rohde M, Tindall B, Goker M, Woyke T, Klenk HP, Kyrpides NC, Cho BC
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Standards in Genomic Science
Year: 2015
Volume: 10
Online publication date: 11/11/2015
Acceptance date: 23/10/2015
Date deposited: 15/02/2016
ISSN (electronic): 1944-3277
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40793-015-0088-8
DOI: 10.1186/s40793-015-0088-8
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