Table 3 Genome features and growth characteristics of Chromatium C. okenii strain LaCa and of selected purple sulphur bacteria. CBB: Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle.
From: Draft Genome Sequence of Chromatium okenii Isolated from the Stratified Alpine Lake Cadagno
Genome features | “C. okenii” str. LaCa | “ T. syntrophicum” str. Cad16T | L. purpurea str. CadA31* | T. violascens DSM 198T | A. vinosum DSM 180T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Genome size [Mb] | 3.78 | 7.74 | 7.19 | 5.02 | 3.67 |
Number of scaffolds | 1 | 1 | 302 | 1 | 1 |
Number of contigs | 45 | 3 | 302 | 1 | 3 |
Average G + C content [%] | 49.8 | 66.2 | 64.3 | 62.6 | 64.2 |
Number of genomic objects (CDS, fragment CDS, r/tRNA) | 3,792 | 6,601 | 7,314 | 4,555 | 3,366 |
Number of coding sequences (CDS) | 3,016 | 6,237 | 7,255 | 4,317 | 3,302 |
Motility | + | − | − | + | + |
Carbon fixation | CBB | CBB | CBB | CBB | CBB |
Thiosufate oxidation | − | + | + | + | + |
Chemotrophic growth | − | + | + | + | + |
Hydrogenases | − | + | + | + | + |
Catalases | − | + | + | + | + |
cbb 3 type terminal cytochrome c oxidase | − | + | + | + | + |
Pigments | BChl a, okenone | BChl a, okenone | BChl a, okenone | BChl a, rhodopinal | BChl a, spirilloxanthin |
Vitamin B12 requirement | + | + | + | + | + |
Generation time [h] | 120–168 | 121 | 33–35 | NA | 13–20 |
