Genome sequence and description of Haloferax massiliense sp. nov., a new halophilic archaeon isolated from the human gut.

ABSTRACT: By applying the culturomics concept and using culture conditions containing a high salt concentration, we herein isolated the first known halophilic archaeon colonizing the human gut. Here we described its phenotypic and biochemical characterization as well as its genome annotation. Strain Arc-Hr^T (= CSUR P0974 = CECT 9307) was mesophile and grew optimally at 37 °C and pH 7. Strain Arc-Hr^T was also extremely halophilic with an optimal growth observed at 15% NaCl. It showed gram-negative cocci, was strictly aerobic, non-motile and non-spore-forming, and exhibited catalase and oxidase activities. The 4,015,175 bp long genome exhibits a G + C% content of 65.36% and contains 3911 protein-coding and 64 predicted RNA genes. PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene of strain Arc-Hr^T

SUBMITTER: Khelaifia S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862939 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature