Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Standards in Genomic Sciences
Publication Date
Page Numbers
371 to 378
Volume
5
Issue
3
Abstract
Desulfurispirillum indicum strain S5T is a strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from river se- diment in Chennai, India. D. indicum belongs to the deep branching phylum of Chrysioge- netes, which currently only includes three other cultured species. Strain S5T is the type strain of the species and it is capable of growth using selenate, selenite, arsenate, nitrate or nitrite as terminal electron acceptors. The 2,928,377 bp genome encodes 2,619 proteins and 49 RNA genes, and the information gained from its sequence will be relevant to the elucidation of mi- crobially-mediated transformations of arsenic and selenium, in addition to deepening our knowledge of the underrepresented phylum of Chrysiogenetes.