Genome sequence of an ammonia-oxidizing soil archaeon, "Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum koreensis" MY1

Byung Kwon Kim, Man Young Jung, Dong Su Yu, Soo Je Park, Tae Kwang Oh, Sung Keun Rhee, Jihyun F. Kim

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Abstract

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea are ubiquitous microorganisms which play important roles in global nitrogen and carbon cycle on earth. Here we present the high-quality draft genome sequence of an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon, "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus koreensis" MY1, that dominated an enrichment culture of a soil sample from the rhizosphere. Its genome contains genes for survival in the rhizosphere environment as well as those for carbon fixation and ammonium oxidation to nitrite.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5539-5540
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Bacteriology
Volume193
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Oct

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology

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