Draft genome sequence of Dethiobacter alkaliphilus strain AHT1T, a gram-positive sulfidogenic polyextremophile

• Published in: Environmental microbiome Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1 - 9
• Main Authors: Melton, Emily Denise, Sorokin, Dimitry Y, Overmars, Lex, Lapidus, Alla L, Pillay, Manoj, Ivanova, Natalia, del Rio, Tijana Glavina, Kyrpides, Nikos C, Woyke, Tanja, Muyzer, Gerard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 21.09.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: 60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; Archaea; Bacteria; Bacteriology; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Bioremediation; Biosynthesis; Classification; Clostridia; DNA sequencing; Extended Genome Report; Extreme environment; Extremophiles; Firmicutes; Genetic aspects; Genomes; Gram-positive; Haloalkaliphilic; Lakes; Logos; Metabolism; Nucleotide sequence; Nucleotide sequencing; Ontology; Phylogenetics; Physiological aspects; Salinity; Salinity tolerance; Sediment; Sediments; Soda lake
• ISSN: 1944-3277; 1944-3277; 2524-6372
• DOI: 10.1186/s40793-017-0268-9

Abstract Dethiobacter alkaliphilus strain AHT1 T is an anaerobic, sulfidogenic, moderately salt-tolerant alkaliphilic chemolithotroph isolated from hypersaline soda lake sediments in northeastern Mongolia. It is a Gram-positive bacterium with low GC content, within the phylum Firmicutes . Here we report its draft genome sequence, which consists of 34 contigs with a total sequence length of 3.12 Mbp. D. alkaliphilus strain AHT1 T was sequenced by the Joint Genome Institute (JGI) as part of the Community Science Program due to its relevance to bioremediation and biotechnological applications.