First draft genome sequence of a strain from the genus Fusibacter isolated from Salar de Ascotan in Northern Chile.

ABSTRACT: Fusibacter sp. 3D3 (ATCC BAA-2418) is an arsenate-reducing halotolerant strain within the Firmicutes phylum, isolated from the Salar de Ascotán, a hypersaline salt flat in Northern Chile. This high-Andean closed basin is an athalassohaline environment located at the bottom of a tectonic basin surrounded by mountain range, including some active volcanoes. This landscape can be an advantageous system to explore the effect of salinity on microorganisms that mediate biogeochemical reactions. Since 2000, microbial reduction of arsenic has been evidenced in the system, and the phylogenetic analysis of the original community plus the culture enrichments has revealed the predominance of Firmicutes phylum. Here, we describe the first whole draft genome sequence of an ars

SUBMITTER: Serrano AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5525254 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature