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Complete genome sequence of the halophilic bacterium Spirochaeta africana type strain (Z-7692(T)) from the alkaline Lake Magadi in the East African Rift.
Liolos, Konstantinos Abt, Birte Scheuner, Carmen Teshima, Hazuki Held, Brittany Lapidus, Alla Nolan, Matt Lucas, Susan Deshpande, Shweta Cheng, Jan-Fang
Liolos, Konstantinos
Abt, Birte
Scheuner, Carmen
Teshima, Hazuki
Held, Brittany
Lapidus, Alla
Nolan, Matt
Lucas, Susan
Deshpande, Shweta
Cheng, Jan-Fang
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Spirochaeta africana Zhilina et al. 1996 is an anaerobic, aerotolerant, spiral-shaped bacterium that is motile via periplasmic flagella. The type strain of the species, Z-7692(T), was isolated in 1993 or earlier from a bacterial bloom in the brine under the trona layer in a shallow lagoon of the alkaline equatorial Lake Magadi in Kenya. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation. Considering the pending reclassification of S. caldaria to the genus Treponema, S. africana is only the second 'true' member of the genus Spirochaeta with a genome-sequenced type strain to be published. The 3,285,855 bp long genome of strain Z-7692(T) with its 2,817 protein-coding and 57 RNA genes is a part of the G enomic E ncyclopedia of B acteria and A rchaea project.
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Complete genome sequence of the halophilic bacterium Spirochaeta africana type strain (Z-7692(T)) from the alkaline Lake Magadi in the East African Rift. 2013, 8 (2):165-76 Stand Genomic Sci
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