Abstract
Brachymonas chironomi strain AIMA4T (Halpern et al., 2009) is a Gram-negative, non-motile, aerobic, chemoorganotroph bacterium. B. chironomi is a member of the Comamonadaceae, a family within the class Betaproteobacteria. This species was isolated from a chironomid (Diptera; Chironomidae) egg mass, sampled from a waste stabilization pond in northern Israel. Phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene sequences placed strain AIMA4T in the genus Brachymonas. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The DNA GC content is 63.5%. The chromosome length is 2,509,395 bp. It encodes 2,382 proteins and 68 RNA genes. Brachymonas chironomi genome is part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Type Strains, Phase I: the one thousand microbial genomes (KMG) project.
Highlights
Strain AIMA4T, was isolated from an insect egg mass (Chironomus sp.) that was sampled from a waste stabilization pond in northern Israel [2]
Strain AIMA4T (= LGM 24400T = DSM 19884T), is the type strain of Brachymonas chironomi, one out of two species in the genus Brachymonas
Strain AIMA4T was isolated in the course of a study that investigated endogenous bacterial communities that inhabit chironomid egg masses [2,13,14]
Summary
Strain AIMA4T, was isolated from an insect egg mass (Chironomus sp.) that was sampled from a waste stabilization pond in northern Israel [2]. Of Evolutionary and Environmental Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel 9Dept. Strain AIMA4T was isolated in the course of a study that investigated endogenous bacterial communities that inhabit chironomid egg masses [2,13,14]. Strain AIMA4T didn’t show the ability to degrade the egg masses like it was found for V. cholerae.
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