Genome Sequence of the Acidophilic Iron Oxidizer Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum Strain T23T

Sebastian Eisen; Anja Poehlein; D Barrie Johnson; Rolf Daniel; Michael Schlömann; Martin Mühling

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00383-15

Genome Sequence of the Acidophilic Iron Oxidizer Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum Strain T23T

Genome Announc. 2015 Apr 30;3(2):e00383-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00383-15.

Authors

Sebastian Eisen¹, Anja Poehlein², D Barrie Johnson³, Rolf Daniel², Michael Schlömann¹, Martin Mühling⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Biological Sciences, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany.
² Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
³ College of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom.
⁴ Institute of Biological Sciences, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany martin.muehling@ioez.tu-freiberg.de.

Abstract

Extremely acidophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria have largely been characterized for the phyla Proteobacteria and Nitrospira. Here, we report the draft genome of an iron-oxidizing and -reducing heterotrophic mesophile of the Actinobacteria, Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum, which was isolated from an abandoned pyrite mine. The genome sequence comprises 3.08 Mb.