High-quality draft genome sequence of the Opitutaceae bacterium strain TAV1, a symbiont of the wood-feeding termite Reticulitermes flavipes

J Bacteriol. 2012 May;194(10):2744-5. doi: 10.1128/JB.00264-12.

Abstract

Microbial communities in the termite hindgut are essential for degrading plant material. We present the high-quality draft genome sequence of the Opitutaceae bacterium strain TAV1, the first member of the phylum Verrucomicrobia to be isolated from wood-feeding termites. The genomic analysis reveals genes coding for lignocellulosic degradation and nitrogen fixation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / physiology
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Isoptera / microbiology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Symbiosis / physiology*
  • Verrucomicrobia / genetics*

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AHKS00000000