Complete Genome Sequence of Raoultella electrica 1GB (DSM 102253T), Isolated from Anodic Biofilms of a Glucose-Fed Microbial Fuel Cell.
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SUBMITTER: Thiel S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6813382 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
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Complete Genome Sequence of Raoultella electrica 1GB (DSM 102253<sup>T</sup>), Isolated from Anodic Biofilms of a Glucose-Fed Microbial Fuel Cell.
Thiel Simone S Bunk Boyke B Spröer Cathrin C Overmann Jörg J Jahn Dieter D Biedendieck Rebekka R
Microbiology resource announcements 20191024 43
The type strain <i>Raoultella electrica</i> 1GB (DSM 102253<sup>T</sup>) was isolated from anodic biofilms of glucose-fed microbial fuel cells. The fully assembled, closed, circular 5.27-Mb genome and corresponding 0.52-Mb plasmid DNA sequences were elucidated. Potential electron transfer and pathogenicity mechanisms were deduced. ...[more]
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