Microbial Genome Sequencing Project - Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Microbial Genome Sequencing Project - Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Bacillus sp. SG-1

Researcher(s):
Major Lineage: Firmicutes
NCBI taxID: 161544
Genome Size (Mb): 3.0 Mb
G+C %: 42.1%
Number of Genes: 4337
Coding %: 82.0%
Isolation Method: Direct plating
16S rRNA gene sequence:
Status: Released to GenBank
GenBank Accession Number: ABCF00000000
Primary Citation: Francis and Tebo. 2002. Enzymatic manganese(II) oxidation by metabolically-dormant spores of diverse Bacillus species. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 874-880; Francis et al. 2002. Localization of Mn(II)-oxidizing activity and the putative multicopper oxidase, MnxG, to the exosporium of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. Arch. Microbiol. 178: 450-456; van Waasbergen et al. 1996. Identification and characterization of a gene cluster involved in manganese oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. J. Bacteriol. 178(12): 3517-3530; Dick et al. 2006. Manganese(II)-oxidizing Bacillus spores in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments and plumes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 3184-3190.
Relevance:
Location Collected: San Diego coastal sediments
Depth (m): 10 m but also isolates from surface to 200 m
Latitude*: 32° 36' 0" N Convert to decimal 32.6 Convert to degrees
Longitude*: 117° 12' 0" W Convert to decimal -117.2 Convert to degrees
Location:
*In some cases, latitude and longitude are estimates based on information supplied by the researcher.
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