Permanent draft genome sequence of Dethiosulfovibrio peptidovorans type strain (SEBR 4207 T)

Abstract

Dethiosulfovibrio peptidovorans Magot et al. 1997 is the type species of the genus Dethiosul-fovibrio of the family Synergistaceae in the recently created phylum Synergistetes. The strictly anaerobic, vibriod, thiosulfate-reducing bacterium utilizes peptides and amino acids, but nei-ther sugars nor fatty acids. It was isolated from an offshore oil well where it was been re-ported to be involved in pitting corrosion of mild steel. Initially, this bacterium was described as a distant relative of the genus Thermoanaerobacter, but was not assigned to a genus, it was subsequently placed into the novel phylum Synergistetes. A large number of repeats in the genome sequence prevented an economically justifiable closure of the last gaps. This is only the third published genome from a member of the phylum Synergistetes. The 2,576,359 bp long genome consists of three contigs with 2,458 protein-coding and 59 RNA genes and is part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.