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The genome sequence of the obligately chemolithoautotrophic, facultatively anaerobic bacterium Thiobacillus denitfificans
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UNSPECIFIED (2006) The genome sequence of the obligately chemolithoautotrophic, facultatively anaerobic bacterium Thiobacillus denitfificans. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 188 (4). pp. 1473-1488. doi:10.1128/JB.188.4.1473-1488.2006 ISSN 0021-9193.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.188.4.1473-1488.2006
Abstract
The complete genome sequence of Thiobacillus denitrificans ATCC 25259 is the first to become available for an obligately chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-compound-oxidizing, beta-proteobacterium. Analysis of the 2,909,809-bp genome will facilitate our molecular and biochemical understanding of the unusual metabolic repertoire of this bacterium, including its ability to couple denitrification to sulfur-compound oxidation, to catalyze anaerobic, nitrate-dependent oxidation of Fe(H) and U(IV), and to oxidize mineral electron donors. Notable genomic features include (I) genes encoding c-type cytochromes totaling 1 to 2 percent of the genome, which is a proportion greater than for almost all bacterial and archaeal species sequenced to date, (ii) genes encoding two [NiFe]hydrogenases, which is particularly significant because no information on hydrogenases has previously been reported for T. denitrificans and hydrogen oxidation appears to be critical for anaerobic U(M oxidation by this species, (iii) a diverse complement of more than 50 genes associated with sulfur-compound oxidation (including sox genes, dsr genes, and genes associated with the AMP-dependent oxidation of sulfite to sulfate), some of which occur in multiple (up to eight) copies, (iv) a relatively large number of genes associated with inorganic ion transport and heavy metal resistance, and (v) a paucity of genes encoding organic-compound transporters, commensurate with obligate chemolithoautotrophy. Ultimately, the genome sequence of T. denitrificans will enable elucidation of the mechanisms of aerobic and anaerobic sulfur-compound oxidation by beta-proteobacteria and will help reveal the molecular basis of this organism's role in major biogeochemical cycles (i.e., those involving sulfur, nitrogen, and carbon) and groundwater restoration.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QR Microbiology | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY | ||||
Publisher: | AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY | ||||
ISSN: | 0021-9193 | ||||
Official Date: | February 2006 | ||||
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Volume: | 188 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 16 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1473-1488 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1128/JB.188.4.1473-1488.2006 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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