| T number | T02129 |
| 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 | GB: CP001868 |
| Length | 2948884 |
| Plasmid | pHM100; Circular |
| Sequence | GB: CP001869 |
| Length | 129210 |
| Plasmid | pHM300; Circular |
| Sequence | GB: CP001870 |
| Length | 321908 |
| Plasmid | pHM500; Circular |
| Sequence | GB: CP001871 |
| Length | 504705 |
| Statistics | Number of nucleotides: 3904707
Number of protein genes: 3828
Number of RNA genes: 64
|
| Created | 2012 |
| Reference | PMID: 22843593 |
| 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 |
Haloferax mediterranei