First Insights into the Genome of the N-Methylhydantoin-Degrading Clostridium sp. Strain FS41 (DSM 6877)

Anja Poehlein; Adrian Bandera; Deborah Horne; Joachim Maier; David Pawlowicz; Verena Siebert; Rolf Daniel

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00394-15

First Insights into the Genome of the N-Methylhydantoin-Degrading Clostridium sp. Strain FS41 (DSM 6877)

Genome Announc. 2015 Apr 30;3(2):e00394-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00394-15.

Authors

Anja Poehlein¹, Adrian Bandera², Deborah Horne², Joachim Maier², David Pawlowicz², Verena Siebert², Rolf Daniel³

Affiliations

¹ Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany.
² Members of the Applied Bioinformatics in Microbiology Course of the Microbiology and Biochemistry MSc/PhD program, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany.
³ Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University, Göttingen, Germany rdaniel@gwdg.de.

Abstract

Clostridium sp. strain FS41 (DSM 6877) is a strictly anaerobic and Gram-positive spindle-shaped rod. This spore-forming bacterium is able to degrade N-methylhydantoin, with N-carbamoylsarcosine and sarcosine as intermediates. The genome consists of one replicon (6.28 Mb) and harbors 5,735 predicted protein-coding genes.