Draft Genome Sequence of Sulfurospirillum sp. Strain MES, Reconstructed from the Metagenome of a Microbial Electrosynthesis System

Daniel E Ross; Christopher W Marshall; Harold D May; R Sean Norman

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01336-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Sulfurospirillum sp. Strain MES, Reconstructed from the Metagenome of a Microbial Electrosynthesis System

Genome Announc. 2015 Jan 15;3(1):e01336-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01336-14.

Authors

Daniel E Ross¹, Christopher W Marshall², Harold D May², R Sean Norman³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
² Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Marine Biomedicine & Environmental Science Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA rsnorman@sc.edu.

Abstract

A draft genome of Sulfurospirillum sp. strain MES was isolated through taxonomic binning of a metagenome sequenced from a microbial electrosynthesis system (MES) actively producing acetate and hydrogen. The genome contains the nosZDFLY genes, which are involved in nitrous oxide reduction, suggesting the potential role of this strain in denitrification.