Abstract
The magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum sp. strain XM-1 was recently isolated from the Xi’an City moat, China. It belongs to the Rhodospirillaceae family in the Alphaproteobacteria class. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of XM-1. The genome contains a single circular chromosome of 4,825,187 bp and a plasmid of 167,290 bp.
Highlights
The magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum sp. strain XM-1 was recently isolated from the Xi’an City moat, China
Magnetotactic bacteria are able to synthesize intracellular nanosized magnetic crystals (Fe3O4/Fe3S4) usually arranged into a chain structure, known as magnetosomes, that help the cells navigate along the geomagnetic field in aquatic environments [1, 2]
Of 4,766 coding sequences (CDSs), 74.26% could be classified as at least one category of the Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COG), in which genes related to signal transduction mechanisms (10.93%) account for dominant COG categories
Summary
The magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum sp. strain XM-1 was recently isolated from the Xi’an City moat, China. Strain XM-1, belonging to the Alphaproteobacteria was isolated from the eutrophic city moat in Xi’an, China [3], and synthesizes about 10 magnetite magnetosomes per cell [4]. Genome of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 [6] was used as a reference strain. The complete genome sequence of strain XM-1 comprised one circular chromosome of 4,825,187 bp and one plasmid of 167,290 bp.
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