Draft Genome Sequences of Two Thiomicrospira Strains Isolated from the Brine-Seawater Interface of Kebrit Deep in the Red Sea

Guishan Zhang; Mohamed Fauzi Haroon; Ruifu Zhang; Tyas Hikmawan; Ulrich Stingl

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00110-16

Draft Genome Sequences of Two Thiomicrospira Strains Isolated from the Brine-Seawater Interface of Kebrit Deep in the Red Sea

Genome Announc. 2016 Mar 10;4(2):e00110-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00110-16.

Authors

Guishan Zhang¹, Mohamed Fauzi Haroon², Ruifu Zhang³, Tyas Hikmawan², Ulrich Stingl⁴

Affiliations

¹ King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
² King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
³ Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources Collection and Preservation, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
⁴ King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Red Sea Research Center, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia ulistingl@gmail.com.

Abstract

Two Thiomicrospira strains, WB1 and XS5, were isolated from the Kebrit Deep brine-seawater interface in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Here, we present the draft genome sequences of these gammaproteobacteria, which both produce sulfuric acid from thiosulfate in culture.