Complete Genome Sequence of the Fruiting Myxobacterium Myxococcus macrosporus Strain DSM 14697, Generated by PacBio Sequencing

Abstract

Members of the Myxococcales order initiate a developmental program in response to starvation that culminates in formation of spore-filled fruiting bodies. To investigate the genetic basis for fruiting body formation, we present the complete 8.9-Mb genome sequence of Myxococcus macrosporus strain DSM 14697, generated using the PacBio sequencing platform.

Complete Genome Sequence of the Corallopyronin A-Producing Myxobacterium Corallococcus coralloides B035

“…Size and genetic content are in the ranges of those for other completely sequenced myxobacterial genomes, with genome sizes between 8.9 and 14.7 Mb (12, 13). The C. coralloides B035 genome most closely matches that of C. coralloides DSM 2559 (10.0 Mb), with an average nucleotide identity of 96.6% (calculated on the EDGAR platform) (14).…”

Metabolic and Biosynthetic Diversity in Marine Myxobacteria

“…Concluding from the limited set of genomes used in this comparison, a relative increase in the number of trans-AT-PKS gene clusters and a slightly lower number of NRPS gene clusters are apparent. M. xanthus HW-1 attracted our attention particularly because all except for one biosynthetic gene cluster (22 of 23) encoded in its genome sequence could also be found in the related M. macrosporus DSM 14697 [ 77 ] isolated from soil. This close similarity between these two strains is also reflected in the 16S rRNA gene sequence showing their clustering in the phylogenetic tree [ 78 ].…”

Complete Genome Sequence of the Fruiting Myxobacterium Melittangium boletus DSM 14713

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