Metagenome-Derived Draft Genome Sequence of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans RV1 from an Abandoned Gold Tailing in Neuquén, Argentina

ULLOA R.; NUÑEZ H.; ISSOTTA F; RAQUEL QUATRINI; DONATI E.; MOYA BELTRAN A.; CORRUBIAS P; GIAVENO, A.

solid state phenomena

Trans Tech Publications,

Año: 2017 vol. 262 p. 439 - 442

1662-9779

In this work we report the metagenome-derived draft genomic sequence of an enrichmentculture dominated by A. ferrooxidans obtained from an airlift bioreactor inoculated with themicrobial consortium recovered from the ?Relave Viejo? tailing. The genome of this culture wasassembled de-novo and by reference, generating a consensus assembly of 3.0 Mb. On the basis of 16SrRNA (100 % identity), average nucleotide identity analysis (99.33% identity) and in silicoDNA-DNA hybridization against A. ferrooxidans ATCC 23270T (97.9%), the recovered genome isconfirmed to pertain to A. ferrooxidans species. Comparative genomics results are presented touncover the genetic traits of the variant surviving lime treatment and to further explore the genomicdiversity of these model iron oxidizing species.