Draft Genome Sequences of Thiorhodococcus mannitoliphagus and Thiorhodococcus minor, Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacteria in the Gammaproteobacterial Family Chromatiaceae

Abstract

We have determined the draft genome sequences of Thiorhodococcus mannitoliphagus and Thiorhodococcus minor for comparison with those of T. drewsii and Imhoffiella purpurea. According to average nucleotide identity (ANI) and whole-genome phylogenetic comparisons, these two species are clearly distinct from the Imhoffiella species and T. drewsii.

Genome Sequences of Allochromatium palmeri and Allochromatium humboldtianum Expand the Allochromatium Family Tree of Purple Sulfur Photosynthetic Bacteria within the Gammaproteobacteria and Further Refine the Genus

“…Thermochromatium tepidum is about equidistant from all three of the Allochromatium species; however, Allochromatium warmingii appears to be more distant from all of them. Whole-genome-based phylogenetic analysis was performed with RAxML within PATRIC (10,11) using all of the Allochromatium and related genomes (1,(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). This analysis grouped all of the Allochromatium species (Fig.…”