Starkeya novella DSM 506

Starkeya_novella
Names Starkeya novella DSM 506
Accession numbers NC_014217
Background Starkeya novella is a non-motile soil bacterium that belongs to the facultatively heterotrophic microbes. It is able to grow heterotrophically on a variety of single-carbon compounds, sugar alcohols, amino acids, carboxylic acids, and fatty acids. In addition, it is able to grow chemolithoautotrophically using a variety of inorganic and organic sulfur compounds such as thiosulfate, tetrathionate, dimethylsulfide (DMS), and dimethylsulfoxide. Thus, in addition to carbon cycling, S. novella is also involved in the cycling of sulfur compounds, especially the cycling of DMS, a volatile greenhouse-active gas that is involved in cloud formation. Atmospheric DMS degradation gives rise to methanesulfonic acid, one of the major components of 'acid rain'. Although Starkeya novella has been studied in some detail in the past, only very few studies so far have attempted to address the question of how this organism interfaces the different 'pure' types of metabolism outlined above with growth under mixed conditions. Data on gene regulation and regulatory networks are entirely absent but will be indispensable for an investigation of how carbon and sulfur metabolism are integrated in S. novella (adapted from http://genome.jgi-psf.org/stanv/stanv.home.html and PMID 11034489). (EBI Integr8)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Proteobacteria
Class:Alphaproteobacteria
Order:Rhizobiales
Family:Xanthobacteraceae
Genus:Starkeya
Species:novella
Strain DSM 506
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (02-JUN-2010) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
(05-MAY-2010) US DOE Joint Genome Institute, 2800 Mitchell Drive B310, Walnut Creek, CA 94598-1698, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method Sanger, 454
Isolation site Soil
Isolation country NA
Number of replicons 1
Gram staining properties NA
Shape NA
Mobility No
Flagellar presence No
Number of membranes 2
Oxygen requirements NA
Optimal temperature NA
Temperature range Mesophilic
Habitat Soil
Biotic relationship Free living
Host name NA
Cell arrangement NA
Sporulation NA
Metabolism Carbon dioxide fixation
Energy source Chemolithotroph, Heterotroph
Diseases NA
Pathogenicity No