KEGG   GENOME: Haloferax mediterranei
Entry
T02129            Complete  Genome                                 
Org code
hme
Name
Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500
Category
Type strain
Annotation
yes
Taxonomy
TAX:523841
  Lineage
Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Stenosarchaea group; Halobacteria; Halobacteriales; Haloferacaceae; Haloferax
Brite
KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
Data source
GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000306765.2 Complete Genome)
BioProject: 43185
Comment
Extremely halophilic archaeon.
Capable of producing poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) from unrelated cheap carbon sources.
First isolated from seawater evaporation ponds near Alicante, Spain.
Chromosome
Circular
  Sequence
  Length
2948884
Plasmid
pHM100; Circular
  Sequence
  Length
129210
Plasmid
pHM300; Circular
  Sequence
  Length
321908
Plasmid
pHM500; Circular
  Sequence
  Length
504705
Statistics
Number of nucleotides:       3904707
Number of protein genes:        3828
Number of RNA genes:              64
Created
2012
Reference
  Authors
Han J, Zhang F, Hou J, Liu X, Li M, Liu H, Cai L, Zhang B, Chen Y, Zhou J, et al.
  Title
Complete genome sequence of the metabolically versatile halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei, a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) producer.
  Journal
J Bacteriol 194:4463-4 (2012)
DOI:10.1128/JB.00880-12
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