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Draft genome sequence of the marine Rhodobacteraceae strain O3.65, cultivated from oil-polluted seawater of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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Title
Draft genome sequence of the marine Rhodobacteraceae strain O3.65, cultivated from oil-polluted seawater of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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Environmental Microbiome, October 2016
DOI 10.1186/s40793-016-0201-7
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Helge-Ansgar Giebel, Franziska Klotz, Sonja Voget, Anja Poehlein, Katrin Grosser, Andreas Teske, Thorsten Brinkhoff

Abstract

The marine alphaproteobacterium strain O3.65 was isolated from an enrichment culture of surface seawater contaminated with weathered oil (slicks) from the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill and belongs to the ubiquitous, diverse and ecological relevant Roseobacter group within the Rhodobacteraceae. Here, we present a preliminary set of physiological features of strain O3.65 and a description and annotation of its draft genome sequence. Based on our data we suggest potential ecological roles of the isolate in the degradation of crude oil within the network of the oil-enriched microbial community. The draft genome comprises 4,852,484 bp with 4,591 protein-coding genes and 63 RNA genes. Strain O3.65 utilizes pentoses, hexoses, disaccharides and amino acids as carbon and energy source and is able to grow on several hydroxylated and substituted aromatic compounds. Based on 16S rRNA gene comparison the closest described and validated strain is Phaeobacter inhibens DSM 17395, however, strain O3.65 is lacking several phenotypic and genomic characteristics specific for the genus Phaeobacter. Phylogenomic analyses based on the whole genome support extensive genetic exchange of strain O3.65 with members of the genus Ruegeria, potentially by using the secretion system type IV. Our physiological observations are consistent with the genomic and phylogenomic analyses and support that strain O3.65 is a novel species of a new genus within the Rhodobacteraceae.

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Denmark 1 3%
Unknown 36 97%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 9 24%
Student > Master 5 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 14%
Student > Postgraduate 3 8%
Student > Bachelor 3 8%
Other 3 8%
Unknown 9 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Environmental Science 7 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 19%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 11%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 3 8%
Chemistry 2 5%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 10 27%
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