High quality draft genome sequence of leucobacter chironomi strain MM2LBT (DSM 19883T) isolated from a chironomus sp. egg mass

Sivan Laviad, Alla Lapidus, Alex Copeland, T. B.K. Reddy, Marcel Huntemann, Amrita Pati, Natalia N. Ivanova, Victor M. Markowitz, Rüdiger Pukall, Hans Peter Klenk, Tanja Woyke, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Malka Halpern

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Abstract

Leucobacter chironomi strain MM2LBT (Halpern et al., Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 59:665-70 2009) is a Gram-positive, rod shaped, non-motile, aerobic, chemoorganotroph bacterium. L. chironomi belongs to the family Microbacteriaceae, a family within the class Actinobacteria. Strain MM2LBT was isolated from a chironomid (Diptera; Chironomidae) egg mass that was sampled from a waste stabilization pond in northern Israel. In a phylogenetic tree based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, strain MM2LBT formed a distinct branch within the radiation encompassing the genus Leucobacter. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The DNA GC content is 69.90%. The chromosome length is 2,964,712 bp. It encodes 2,690 proteins and 61 RNA genes. L. chironomi genome is part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Type Strains, Phase I: the one thousand microbial genomes (KMG) project.

Original languageEnglish
JournalStandards in Genomic Sciences
Volume10
Issue numberMAY2015
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 May 2015

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Keywords

  • Chironomid
  • Chironomus
  • Egg mass
  • Hexavalent chromium
  • Leucobacter chironomi
  • Microbacteriaceae

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics

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