Complete genome sequence of Acidaminococcus fermentans type strain (VR4T)

Abstract

Acidaminococcus fermentans (Rogosa 1969) is the type species of the genus Acidaminococcus, and is of phylogenetic interest because of its isolated placement in a genomically little characterized region of the clostridial family Veillonellaceae. A. fermentans is known for its gastrointestinal tract habitat and its ability to oxidize trans-aconitate. It grows strictly anaerobically and utilizes glutamate, citrate and trans-aconitate as sole energy sources for growth. The strain described in this report is a nonsporulating, nonmotile, Gram-negative coccus, originally isolated from a pig alimentary tract. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation. This is the first complete genome sequence of a member of the genus Acidaminococcus, and the 2,329,769 bp long genome with its 2,101 protein-coding and 81 RNA genes is part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.