Abstract
We report the draft genome sequence of Ornatilinea apprima P3M-1, a strictly anaerobic member of the Chloroflexi class Anaerolineae. This genome provides insight into the diversity of metabolism within the Anaerolineae, and the evolution of respiration within the Chloroflexi.
GENOME ANNOUNCEMENT
Ornatilinea apprima P3M-1 was isolated in Siberia from a microbial mat in a wooden bathtub sourced with water from a 2,775-m well (1). Closely related strains have been reported from fresh water lakes and rice paddy soils. O. apprima was physiologically characterized as a filamentous, nonmotile, obligately anaerobic organotroph. It can ferment a wide range of polypeptides and carbohydrates, including microcrystalline cellulose. It grows optimally at 42 to 45°C and pH 7.5 to 8.0 (1).
The genome of Ornatilinea apprima P3M-1 (DSM 23815) was sequenced as part of a project to expand the phylogenetic breadth of Chloroflexi genomes. Genome sequencing was performed at Seqmatic using the Illumina MiSeq sequencing platform. SPAdes version 3.1.1 (2) was used to assemble the genome. The genome was screened for contaminants based on sequence coverage, GC composition, and BLAST hits of conserved single-copy genes. Genome annotation was performed using the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline. The draft genome is 4.41 Mb in size, assembled into 45 contigs. It encodes 3,846 genes, 3,347 coding sequences, 2 16S RNAs, 50 tRNAs, and 3 CRISPR arrays. It is estimated to be ~96% complete, based on conserved single-copy genes (107/111).
The majority of cultured Chloroflexi belong to the class Chloroflexia, which is composed of anoxygenic phototrophs and facultative aerobes (3). Even though >70% of all Chloroflexi sequences present in 16S datasets belong to the Anaerolineae class (4), they are less well characterized. To date, all described members are anaerobic fermentative organisms (5). Consistent with its description as an obligate anaerobe, O. apprima contains no genes for O2 respiration. Even though it was classified as nonmotile, the genome does encode genes for flagella and chemotaxis, two traits not previously observed in Anaerolineae, suggesting that it is capable of motility. In addition, no genes for LPS biosynthesis or outer-membrane proteins were found, which is consistent with the hypothesis that Chloroflexi have only one membrane (6).
Nucleotide sequence accession number.
This whole-genome shotgun project has been deposited in DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under the accession number LGCL00000000.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Genomic DNA was obtained from the Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH. Sequencing was performed at Seqmatic, Fremont, CA, USA.
This work was funded in part by the Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions (CEMI) at Caltech, the Packard Foundation (W.W.F.), the Agouron Institute (J.H. and W.W.F.), and NSF GRFP (L.M.W.).
Footnotes
Citation Hemp J, Ward LM, Pace LA, Fischer WW. 2015. Draft genome sequence of Ornatilinea apprima P3M-1, an anaerobic member of the Chloroflexi class Anaerolineae. Genome Announc 3(6):e01353-15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01353-15.
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