Basaltic Lava Tube Hosts a Putative Novel Genus in the Family Solirubrobacteraceae

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Oct 20;11(10):e0049922. doi: 10.1128/mra.00499-22. Epub 2022 Oct 3.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequence of a putative new genus and species, Siliceabacter maunaloa, in the family Solirubrobacteraceae. The members of this family of Actinobacteria are generally Gram positive and mesophilic. Found within a Hawaiian lava tube, this microbe illuminates the types of prokaryotes inhabiting secondary minerals in subsurface basaltic environments.