Draft Genome Sequence of Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. methylbutyratica Strain 4J5T (JCM 14075), a Mesophilic Butyrate- and 2-Methylbutyrate-Degrading Syntroph

Takashi Narihiro; Masaru K Nobu; Hideyuki Tamaki; Yoichi Kamagata; Wen-Tso Liu

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00047-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. methylbutyratica Strain 4J5T (JCM 14075), a Mesophilic Butyrate- and 2-Methylbutyrate-Degrading Syntroph

Genome Announc. 2016 Mar 3;4(2):e00047-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00047-16.

Authors

Takashi Narihiro¹, Masaru K Nobu², Hideyuki Tamaki³, Yoichi Kamagata³, Wen-Tso Liu²

Affiliations

¹ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA t.narihiro@aist.go.jp.
² Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
³ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.

Abstract

Syntrophomonas wolfei subsp. methylbutyratica strain 4J5(T) (=JCM 14075(T)) is a mesophilic bacterium capable of degrading butyrate and 2-methylbutyrate through syntrophic cooperation with a partner methanogen. The draft genome sequence is 3.2 Mb, with a G+C content of 45.5%.