{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"submitter":["Ben Hania W"],"pubmed_abstract":["During a study of the anaerobic microbial community of a lithifying hypersaline microbial mat of Lake 21 on the Kiritimati atoll (Kiribati Republic, Central Pacific) strain L21-RPul-D2(T) was isolated. The closest phylogenetic neighbor was Spirochaeta africana Z-7692(T) that shared a 16S rRNA gene sequence identity value of 90% with the novel strain and thus was only distantly related. A comprehensive polyphasic study including determination of the complete genome sequence was initiated to characterize the novel isolate. Cells of strain L21-RPul-D2(T) had a size of 0.2 - 0.25 × 8-9 μm, were helical, motile, stained Gram-negative and produced an orange carotenoid-like pigment. Optimal conditions for growth were 35°C, a salinity of 50 g/l NaCl and a pH around 7.0. Preferred substrates for gr"],"journal":["Standards in genomic sciences"],"pagination":["7"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4511686"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Complete genome sequence and description of Salinispira pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel spirochaete isolated form a hypersaline microbial mat."],"pmcid":["PMC4511686"],"pubmed_authors":["Schumann P","Sproer C","Bunk B","Klenk HP","Joseph M","Ben Hania W","Fardeau ML","Fiebig A","Spring S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Complete genome sequence and description of Salinispira pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel spirochaete isolated form a hypersaline microbial mat.","description":"During a study of the anaerobic microbial community of a lithifying hypersaline microbial mat of Lake 21 on the Kiritimati atoll (Kiribati Republic, Central Pacific) strain L21-RPul-D2(T) was isolated. The closest phylogenetic neighbor was Spirochaeta africana Z-7692(T) that shared a 16S rRNA gene sequence identity value of 90% with the novel strain and thus was only distantly related. A comprehensive polyphasic study including determination of the complete genome sequence was initiated to characterize the novel isolate. Cells of strain L21-RPul-D2(T) had a size of 0.2 - 0.25 × 8-9 μm, were helical, motile, stained Gram-negative and produced an orange carotenoid-like pigment. Optimal conditions for growth were 35°C, a salinity of 50 g/l NaCl and a pH around 7.0. Preferred substrates for gr","dates":{"release":"2015-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2015","modification":"2026-05-30T10:41:07.489Z","creation":"2019-03-27T01:55:40Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC4511686","cross_references":{"pubmed":["26203324"],"doi":["10.1186/1944-3277-10-7"]}}