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Genome of Rhodovulum iodosum, a marine photoferrotroph

  • Giorgio Bianchini
  • , Verena Nikeleit
  • , Andreas Kappler
  • , Casey Bryce
  • , Patricia Sánchez-Baracaldo
  • University of Bristol
  • University of Tübingen

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Abstract

Photoferrotrophs drove primary production in the Earth's early oceans and are still abundant in modern environments. We present a draft genome sequence of a model photoferrotroph, Rhodovulum iodosum UT/N1. By comparing it with its close relative Rhodovulum robiginosum DSM 12329, we identify that these cultures were likely swapped during their history.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere0060724
JournalMicrobiology Resource Announcements
Early online date29 Jul 2025
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 29 Jul 2025

Acknowledgements

We thank Prof. Arpita Bose and her team for the openness in discussing the source of strains in their previous work and their input on developing the text. A.K. acknowledges the infrastructural support by the DFG under Germany’s Excellence Strategy, cluster of Excellence EXC2124, project ID 390838134. Bioinformatic analyses were carried out using the computational facilities of the Advanced Computing Research Centre, University of Bristol (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/acrc/).

Funding

Funding for this work came from a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (URF\R\221007) to P.S.-B. Additional funding was provided through an URF Enhanced Research Expenses grant to fund the research and G.B.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

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