Journal of Bacteriology 2012-11-01

Complete genome sequence of the ethanol-producing Zymomonas mobilis subsp. mobilis centrotype ATCC 29191.

Andreas Desiniotis, Vassili N Kouvelis, Karen Davenport, David Bruce, Chris Detter, Roxanne Tapia, Cliff Han, Lynne A Goodwin, Tanja Woyke, Nikos C Kyrpides, Milton A Typas, Katherine M Pappas

Index: J. Bacteriol. 194(21) , 5966-7, (2012)

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Abstract

Zymomonas mobilis is an ethanologenic bacterium that has been studied for use in biofuel production. Of the sequenced Zymomonas strains, ATCC 29191 has been described as the phenotypic centrotype of Zymomonas mobilis subsp. mobilis, the taxon that harbors the highest ethanol-producing Z. mobilis strains. ATCC 29191 was isolated in Kinshasa, Congo, from palm wine fermentations. This strain is reported to be a robust levan producer, while in recent years it has been employed in studies addressing Z. mobilis respiration. Here we announce the finishing and annotation of the ATCC 29191 genome, which comprises one chromosome and three plasmids.