Complete Genome Sequence of Alteromonas stellipolaris LMG 21856, a Budding Brown Pigment-Producing Oligotrophic Bacterium Isolated from the Southern Ocean.

Jigang Chen,Xing Wang,Jifang Yang,Yong Chen,Sidong Zhu

doi:10.1128/genomea.00137-16

Abstract

Here, we report the complete genome sequence of Alteromonas stellipolaris LMG 21856, which was isolated from seawater collected from the Southern Ocean. A. stellipolaris LMG 21856 is a budding, psychrotrophic, brown pigment-producing, and oligotrophic bacterium. The complete genome of this bacterium contains 4,686,200 bp, with a G+C content of 43.6%.

Highlights

Alteromonas is a genus of Proteobacteria found in the open ocean and in coastal seawater and currently contains 14 species
The genome sequences of Ͼ20 strains of the genus Alteromonas have been reported or released to public databases, revealing a number of features that are related to the adaptation to their habitats [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
We report the genome sequence of this extremophile, which is a budding, psychrotrophic, brown pigment-producing, and oligotrophic bacterium belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria [10]

Summary

Introduction

Alteromonas is a genus of Proteobacteria found in the open ocean and in coastal seawater and currently contains 14 species. The genome sequences of Ͼ20 strains of the genus Alteromonas have been reported or released to public databases, revealing a number of features that are related to the adaptation to their habitats [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. The species described here, Alteromonas stellipolaris LMG 21856, was isolated from Southern Ocean seawater after an enrichment technique was conducted in dialysis chambers [9].

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