The Complete Genome Sequence of Haloferax volcanii DS2, a Model Archaeon

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作者
Hartman, Amber L. [1 ,2 ,9 ]
Norais, Cedric [3 ,11 ]
Badger, Jonathan H. [2 ]
Delmas, Stephane [7 ]
Haldenby, Sam [7 ]
Madupu, Ramana [2 ]
Robinson, Jeffrey [2 ]
Khouri, Hoda [2 ]
Ren, Qinghu [2 ]
Lowe, Todd M. [4 ]
Maupin-Furlow, Julie [5 ]
Pohlschroder, Mecky [6 ]
Daniels, Charles [8 ]
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm [10 ]
Allers, Thorsten [7 ]
Eisen, Jonathan A. [2 ,9 ,12 ,13 ]
机构
[1] Johns Hopkins Univ, Dept Biol, Baltimore, MD 21218 USA
[2] J Craig Venter Inst, Inst Genom Res, Rockville, MD USA
[3] Univ Paris Sud, Inst Genet & Microbiol, Paris, France
[4] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Biomol Engn, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[5] Univ Florida, Dept Microbiol & Cell Sci, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[6] Univ Penn, Dept Biol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[7] Univ Nottingham, Inst Genet, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[8] Ohio State Univ, Dept Microbiol, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
[9] Univ Calif Davis, Genome Ctr, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[10] Max Planck Inst Biochem, Dept Membrane Biochem, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
[11] Univ Wisconsin, Dept Biochem, Madison, WI 53705 USA
[12] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Med Microbiol & Immunol, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[13] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Ecol & Evolut, Davis, CA 95616 USA
来源
PLOS ONE | 2010年 / 5卷 / 03期
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
HALOPHILIC ARCHAEON; HALOBACTERIUM-HALOBIUM; RNA POLYADENYLATION; SIGNAL-TRANSDUCTION; PYROCOCCUS-ABYSSI; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; MISMATCH-REPAIR; SHUTTLE VECTORS; GENE-TRANSFER; DNA;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pone.0009605
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Background: Haloferax volcanii is an easily culturable moderate halophile that grows on simple defined media, is readily transformable, and has a relatively stable genome. This, in combination with its biochemical and genetic tractability, has made Hfx. volcanii a key model organism, not only for the study of halophilicity, but also for archaeal biology in general. Methodology/Principal Findings: We report here the sequencing and analysis of the genome of Hfx. volcanii DS2, the type strain of this species. The genome contains a main 2.848 Mb chromosome, three smaller chromosomes pHV1, 3, 4 (85, 438, 636 kb, respectively) and the pHV2 plasmid (6.4 kb). Conclusions/Significance: The completed genome sequence, presented here, provides an invaluable tool for further in vivo and in vitro studies of Hfx. volcanii.
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