Complete genome of Kangiella geojedonensis KCTC 23420(T), putative evidence for recent genome reduction in marine environments.

Authors: Choe, Hanna and Kim, Seil and Oh, Jeongsu and Nasir, Arshan and Kim, Byung Kwon and Kim, Kyung Mo

Kangiella geojedonensis KCTC 23420(T) is an aerobic, Gram-negative, non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium that was isolated from seawater off the southern coast of Korea. We here report the complete genome of K. geojedonensis KCTC 23420(T), which consists of 2,495,242 bp (G+C content of 43.78%) with 2,257 protein-coding genes, 41 tRNAs, 2 rRNA operons. The genome is smaller than the other closely related genomes, indicating that K. geojedonensis has recently experienced reductive evolution. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal: Marine genomics
DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2015.05.015
Year: 2015

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