Whole-genome sequence of the anaerobic isosaccharinic acid degrading isolate, Macellibacteroides fermentans Strain HH-ZS

Abstract

The ability of micro-organisms to degrade isosaccharinic acids (ISAs) while tolerating hyperalkaline conditions is pivotal to our understanding of the biogeochemistry associatedwithin these environs, but also in scenarios pertaining to the cementitious disposal of radioactivewastes. An alkalitolerant, ISA degradingmicro-organismwas isolated fromthe hyperalkaline soils resulting fromlime depositions. Here, we report the first whole-genome sequence, ISA degradation profile and carbohydrate preoteome of a Macellibacteroides fermentans strain HH-ZS, 4.08Mb in size, coding 3,241 proteins, 64 tRNA, and 1 rRNA.