Abstract
Halopiger xanaduensis is the type species of the genus Halopiger and belongs to the euryarchaeal family Halobacteriaceae. H. xanaduensis strain SH-6, which is designated as the type strain, was isolated from the sediment of a salt lake in Inner Mongolia, Lake Shangmatala. Like other members of the family Halobacteriaceae, it is an extreme halophile requiring at least 2.5 M salt for growth. We report here the sequencing and annotation of the 4,355,268 bp genome, which includes one chromosome and three plasmids. This genome is part of a Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Community Sequencing Program (CSP) project to sequence diverse haloarchaeal genomes.
Highlights
Halopiger xanaduensis is the type species of the genus Halopiger, and strain SH-6 is the type strain of the species
H. xanaduensis was isolated from a sediment sample of Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia, China
H. xanaduensis was selected for sequencing as part of a Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Community Sequencing Program (CSP) project to sequence a representative from every genus of haloarchaea
Summary
Halopiger xanaduensis is the type species of the genus Halopiger, and strain SH-6 is the type strain of the species. It was isolated from the sediment of a salt lake, Lake Shangmatala, in Inner Mongolia, China [1]. The name Halopiger refers to its slow growth in the laboratory. There is one other described species in the genus Halopiger, H. aswanensis, which was isolated from a saline soil in Egypt [2]. We report here the first genome sequence from the genus Halopiger
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