Genome Sequence of Geothermobacter sp. Strain EPR-M, a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Iron Reducer

Benjamin Tully; Pratixaben Savalia; Karla Abuyen; Christina Baughan; Eric Romero; Cynthia Ronkowski; Brandon Torres; Jason Tremblay; Anthony Trujillo; Madeline Tyler; Ileana Pérez-Rodríguez; Jan Amend

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00424-17

Genome Sequence of Geothermobacter sp. Strain EPR-M, a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Iron Reducer

Genome Announc. 2017 Jun 8;5(23):e00424-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00424-17.

Authors

Benjamin Tully^{1

2}, Pratixaben Savalia^{2

3}, Karla Abuyen⁴, Christina Baughan⁴, Eric Romero⁴, Cynthia Ronkowski⁴, Brandon Torres⁴, Jason Tremblay⁴, Anthony Trujillo⁴, Madeline Tyler⁴, Ileana Pérez-Rodríguez^{2

3}, Jan Amend^{5

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA tully.bj@gmail.com.
² Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ Community College Cultivation Cohort, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁵ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Abstract

Geothermobacter sp. strain EPR-M was isolated from a hydrothermal vent on the East Pacific Rise and has been shown to participate in the reduction of Fe(III) oxides. Here, we report its 3.73-Mb draft genome sequence.