Acidithiobacillus sulfuriphilus strain:CJ-2 Genome sequencing and assembly. Acidithiobacillus sulfuriphilus strain:CJ-2

Acidithiobacillus sulfuriphilus (sul.furi’phi.lus. L. n. sulfur, sulfur; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on) friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. sulfuriphilus sulfur-loving, referring to its ability to grow only using reduced forms of sulfur, such as zero-valent sulfur and reduced sulfur oxy-anions, as electron donors). Straight motile rods (1.5 - 2.5 μm long and 0.5 μm wide), that do not form endospores and stain Gram-negative. Obligate chemolitho-autotroph, uses zero-valent sulfur and reduced inorganic sulfur anions as electron donors. Strict aerobe, uses only molecular oxygen as electron acceptor. Mesophilic and acid-tolerant; the optimum pH for growth is ~3.0 and its temperature optimum is 25-28 °C.The type strain, CJ-2T (=DSM 105150T =KCTC 4683T) was isolated from an adit draining a former lead mine located in Wales (UK). The G + C content of the chromosomal DNA of the type strain is 61.5 mol%. The only other isolate belonging to this new species was isolated from mine tailings in China, and clones of the species have been detected in geothermal and hydrothermal habits.