Methylacidiphilum infernorum V4

Names Methylacidiphilum infernorum V4
Accession numbers NC_010794
Background Methylacidiphilum infernorum (isolate V4) is an extremely acidophilic aerobic methanotrophic bacterium isolated from the Hell's Gate (Tikitere), a methane-emitting geothermal field in the North of New Zealand. It is one of the first methanotrophic representative of the Verrucomicrobia, a diverse phylum that unites organisms with a remarkably broad range of lifestyles (many terrestrial and aquatic habitats), from intracellular parasites with some of the smallest known genomes to complex soil organisms. Methylacidiphilum infernorum , but also Acidimethylosilex fumarolicum (strain SolV) from Solfatara volcano mudpot (Italy), and Methyloacida kamchatkensis (strain Kam1) from an acidic hot spring in Kamchatka (Russia), are the the only known group of aerobic methanotrophs outside of the Proteobacteria phylum, and are by far the most acidophilic bacteria capable of methane oxidation The organism grows optimally at pH between 2.0 to 2.5 and temperature of 60 degrees Celsius when supplemented with 25% (v/v) methane as the sole source of energy. It is able to utilize methane as sole carbon source. M. infernorum possesses a streamlined genome but seems to have acquired numerous genes including those for enzymes of methylotrophic pathways via horizontal gene transfer, in particular, from Proteobacteria. (EBI Integr8)
Taxonomy
Kingdom:Bacteria
Phylum:Verrucomicrobia
Class:NA
Order:NA
Family:NA
Genus:NA
Species:NA
Strain V4
Complete Yes
Sequencing centre (14-MAR-2008) Microbiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2538 McCarthy Mall, Snyder 111, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
(31-MAY-2008) National Center for Biotechnology Information, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
Sequencing quality Level 6: Finished
Sequencing depth NA
Sequencing method WGS
Isolation site Hell's Gate geothermal area in New Zealand
Isolation country New Zealand
Number of replicons 1
Gram staining properties NA
Shape NA
Mobility No
Flagellar presence No
Number of membranes 2
Oxygen requirements Aerobic
Optimal temperature NA
Temperature range Thermophilic
Habitat Specialized
Biotic relationship Free living
Host name NA
Cell arrangement NA
Sporulation NA
Metabolism NA
Energy source Autotroph, Methanotroph
Diseases NA
Pathogenicity No