Metagenome-Assembled Genome of USCα AHI, a Potential High-Affinity Methanotroph from Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic

Calvin Rusley; Tullis C Onstott; Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya; Alice Layton; Archana Chauhan; Susan M Pfiffner; Lyle G Whyte; Maggie C Y Lau

doi:10.1128/MRA.01178-19

Metagenome-Assembled Genome of USCα AHI, a Potential High-Affinity Methanotroph from Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian High Arctic

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Nov 14;8(46):e01178-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01178-19.

Authors

Calvin Rusley¹, Tullis C Onstott¹, Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya², Alice Layton², Archana Chauhan², Susan M Pfiffner², Lyle G Whyte³, Maggie C Y Lau⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
² Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
⁴ Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA maglau@idsse.ac.cn.

Abstract

Metagenomic sequencing of active-layer cryosols from the Canadian High Arctic has yielded a nearly complete genome for an atmospheric CH₄-oxidizing bacterium belonging to upland soil cluster α (USCα). This genome contains genes involved in CH₄ metabolism, H₂ metabolism, and multiple carbon assimilation pathways.