Complete genome of Nitrosospira briensis C-128, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from agricultural soil

• Published in: Standards in genomic sciences 2016, Vol.11, p.46-46
• Main Authors: Rice, Marlen C, Norton, Jeanette M, Valois, Frederica, Bollmann, Annette, Bottomley, Peter J, Klotz, Martin G, Laanbroek, Hendrikus J, Suwa, Yuichi, Stein, Lisa Y, Sayavedra-Soto, Luis, Woyke, Tanja, Shapiro, Nicole, Goodwin, Lynne A, Huntemann, Marcel, Clum, Alicia, Pillay, Manoj, Kyrpides, Nikos, Varghese, Neha, Mikhailova, Natalia, Markowitz, Victor, Palaniappan, Krishna, Ivanova, Natalia, Stamatis, Dimitrios, Reddy, T B K, Ngan, Chew Yee, Daum, Chris
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1944-3277; 1944-3277
• DOI: 10.1186/s40793-016-0168-4

Nitrosospira briensis C-128 is an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an acid agricultural soil. N. briensis C-128 was sequenced with PacBio RS technologies at the DOE-Joint Genome Institute through their Community Science Program (2010). The high-quality finished genome contains one chromosome of 3.21 Mb and no plasmids. We identified 3073 gene models, 3018 of which are protein coding. The two-way average nucleotide identity between the chromosomes of Nitrosospira multiformis ATCC 25196 and Nitrosospira briensis C-128 was found to be 77.2 %. Multiple copies of modules encoding chemolithotrophic metabolism were identified in their genomic context. The gene inventory supports chemolithotrophic metabolism with implications for function in soil environments.