JBacteriol genome manuscript _revised_ _1_.pdf (19.13 kB)
Download fileDraft genome of Halomonas strain GFAJ-1 (ATCC BAA-2256)
journal contribution
posted on 2012-08-20, 00:00 authored by Le T. Phung, Simon Silver, William L. Trimble, Jack A. GilbertHalomonas strain GFAJ-1 was reported in Science magazine to be a remarkable microbe
for which there was “arsenate in macromolecules that normally contain phosphate, most notably nucleic acids.” The draft genome of the bacterium was determined (NCBI accession numbers AHBC01000001 through AHBC01000103.) It appears to be a typical
gamma proteobacterium.