Genome of the haloarchaeon Natronomonas moolapensis, a neutrophilic member of a previously haloalkaliphilic genus

Mike L Dyall-Smith; Friedhelm Pfeiffer; Tanja Oberwinkler; Kathrin Klee; Markus Rampp; Peter Palm; Karin Gross; Stephan C Schuster; Dieter Oesterhelt

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00095-13

Genome of the haloarchaeon Natronomonas moolapensis, a neutrophilic member of a previously haloalkaliphilic genus

Genome Announc. 2013 Mar 21;1(2):e0009513. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00095-13.

Authors

Mike L Dyall-Smith¹, Friedhelm Pfeiffer, Tanja Oberwinkler, Kathrin Klee, Markus Rampp, Peter Palm, Karin Gross, Stephan C Schuster, Dieter Oesterhelt

Affiliation

¹ School of Biomedical Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia.

Abstract

The genus Natronomonas contains two species, one haloalkaliphile (N. pharaonis) and one neutrophile (N. moolapensis). Here, we report the genome sequence of N. moolapensis strain 8.8.11. The overall genome properties are similar for the two species. Only the neutrophile contains bacteriorhodopsin and a membrane glycolipid.