Genome sequence of the photoarsenotrophic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira sp. strain BSL-9, isolated from a hypersaline alkaline arsenic-rich extreme environment

December 1, 2016

The full genome sequence of Ectothiorhodospira sp. strain BSL-9 is reported here. This purple sulfur bacterium encodes an arxA-type arsenite oxidase within the arxB2AB1CD gene island and is capable of carrying out “photoarsenotrophy” anoxygenic photosynthetic arsenite oxidation. Its genome is composed of 3.5 Mb and has approximately 63% G+C content.

Publication Year	2016
Title	Genome sequence of the photoarsenotrophic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira sp. strain BSL-9, isolated from a hypersaline alkaline arsenic-rich extreme environment
DOI	10.1128/genomeA.01139-16
Authors	Jaime Hernandez-Maldonado, Brendon Stoneburner, Alison Boren, Laurence Miller, Michael R. Rosen, Ronald S. Oremland, Chad W Saltikov
Publication Type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Series Title	Genome Announcements
Index ID	70181015
Record Source	USGS Publications Warehouse
USGS Organization	National Research Program - Western Branch

Genome sequence of the photoarsenotrophic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira sp. strain BSL-9, isolated from a hypersaline alkaline arsenic-rich extreme environment

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