July 2011

Journal

Complete genome sequence of Sebaldella termitidis type strain (NCTC 11300T)

By:
Harmon-Smith, Miranda; Celia, Laura; Chertkov, Olga; Lapidus, Alla; Copeland, A; Glavina Del Rio, Tijana; Nolan, Matt; Lucas, Susan; Tice, Hope; Cheng, Jan-Fang; Han, Cliff; Detter, J; Bruce, David; Goodwin, Lynne; Pitluck, Samual; Pati, Amrita; Liolios, Konstantinos; Ivanova, N; Mavromatis, K; Mikhailova, Natalia; Chen, Amy; Palaniappan, Krishna; Land, Miriam L; Hauser, Loren J; Chang, Yun-Juan ; Jeffries, Cynthia D; Brettin, Thomas S; Goker, Markus; Beck, Brian; Bristow, James; Eisen, Jonathan; Markowitz, Victor; Hugenholtz, Philip; Kyrpides, Nikos; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Chen, Feng
Journal Name:
Standards in Genomic Sciences
Page Number:
220-227
Volume:
2
Issue Number:
2
Publication Date:
July 2011
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.811799

Abstract

Sebaldella termitidis (Sebald 1962) Collins and Shah 1986, is the only species in the genus Sebaldella within the fusobacterial family ‘Leptotrichiaceae’. The sole and type strain of the species was first isolated about 50 years ago from intestinal content of Mediterranean ter-mites. The species is of interest for its very isolated phylogenetic position within the phylum Fusobacteria in the tree of life, with no other species sharing more than 90% 16S rRNA se-quence similarity. The 4,486,650 bp long genome with its 4,210 protein-coding and 54 RNA genes is part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.