Genome sequence of the acidophilic ferrous iron-oxidizing isolate Acidithrix ferrooxidans strain Py-F3, the proposed type strain of the novel actinobacterial genus Acidithrix

Abstract

Extremely acidophilic iron-oxidizing Gram-positive bacteria comprise species within the phyla Firmicutes and Actinobacteria. Here, we report the 4.02-Mb draft genome of Acidithrix ferrooxidans Py-F3, which was isolated from a stream draining an abandoned copper mine and proposed as the type species of a new genus of Actinobacteria.