Genome sequencing and analysis of the genome of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain DLC-5, a heavy metal resistant strain from acid mine drainage in northeast China

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1 School of Pharmacy, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
2 College of Life Science and Technology, Heilongjiang University, Daqing, Heilongjiang, China
3 Gansu Key Laboratory of Biomonitoring and Bioremediation for Environmental Pollution, Institute of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China
DOI
10.7287/peerj.preprints.2620v1
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Accepted
Subject Areas
Bioinformatics, Genomics, Microbiology
Keywords
Acidophilic bacteria, Bioleaching, Extremophiles, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Genome
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© 2016 Chen et al.
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Chen P, Xu R, Yan Z, Yan L, Wu Z, Wei Y, Zhao W, Li H. 2016. Genome sequencing and analysis of the genome of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans strain DLC-5, a heavy metal resistant strain from acid mine drainage in northeast China. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2620v1

Abstract

Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ( A. ferrooxidans ) is a gram-negative, extremely acidophilic, mesophilic, chemolithotrophic bacterium and the most well-studied acidophilic organism which is usually found in acid environments such as acid mine drainage. The draft genome sequence of A. ferrooxidans ATCC 23270 was first reported in 2000, fourteen years ago. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the draft genome sequence, and annotation. This is the draft genome sequence from the A. ferrooxidans, and the 3,142,890 bp long single replicon genome with its 32,719 protein-coding and 64 RNA genes is a part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Bacterial project.

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