Complete Genome Sequence of Strain BW-2, a Magnetotactic Gammaproteobacterium in the Family Ectothiorhodospiraceae, Isolated from a Brackish Spring in Death Valley, California

Corey Geurink; Christopher T Lefevre; Caroline L Monteil; Viviana Morillo-Lopez; Fernanda Abreu; Dennis A Bazylinski; Denis Trubitsyn

doi:10.1128/MRA.01144-19

Complete Genome Sequence of Strain BW-2, a Magnetotactic Gammaproteobacterium in the Family Ectothiorhodospiraceae, Isolated from a Brackish Spring in Death Valley, California

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jan 2;9(1):e01144-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01144-19.

Authors

Corey Geurink¹, Christopher T Lefevre², Caroline L Monteil², Viviana Morillo-Lopez³, Fernanda Abreu⁴, Dennis A Bazylinski³, Denis Trubitsyn⁵

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
² Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, CEA, UMR7265, Institute of Biosciences and Biotechnologies of Aix Marseille, CEA Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France.
³ School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
⁴ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia, USA [email protected].

Abstract

We report the complete 4.1-Mb genome sequence of strain BW-2, a magnetotactic, sulfur-oxidizing rod, belonging to the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae of the class Gammaproteobacteria, that biomineralizes membrane-bounded magnetite nanocrystals in its magnetosomes. This genome sequence, in comparison with those of other magnetotactic bacteria, is essential for understanding the origin and evolution of magnetotaxis and magnetosome biomineralization.