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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Luedin SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5944118 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Standards in genomic sciences 20180509
"<i>Thiodictyon syntrophicum"</i> sp. nov. strain Cad16<sup>T</sup> is a photoautotrophic purple sulfur bacterium belonging to the family of <i>Chromatiaceae</i> in the class of <i>Gammaproteobacteria</i>. The type strain Cad16<sup>T</sup> was isolated from the chemocline of the alpine meromictic Lake Cadagno in Switzerland. Strain Cad16<sup>T</sup> represents a key species within this sulfur-driven bacterial ecosystem with respect to carbon fixation. The 7.74-Mbp genome of strain Cad16<sup>T</s ...[more]