Project description:The Gram-negative alphaproteobacterium Octadecabacter temperatus SB1 (DSM 26878) belongs to the marine Roseobacter clade. The genome of this strain is the smallest closed genome of the Roseobacter clade. O. temperatus SB1 is the first described nonpolar mesophilic isolate of the genus Octadecabacter and the type strain of the species.
