Candidatus Desulfuromonas biiwaabikowi DDH964, complete genome

Microbial metal reduction is a ubiquitous biogeochemical process in the anoxic subsurface. To understand the role(s) of these metal reducers, we enriched iron-rich brines from the Soudan Underground Iron Mine (Minnesota, USA) using graphite electrodes as the sole electron acceptor. The mixed community enrichment, consisting mostly of Deltaproteobacteria, was sequenced using PacBio and yielded the complete genome of a novel Desulfuromonas sp. We propose the name 'Candidatus Desulfuromonas biiwaabikowi DDH964', with the species designation coming from the animate Ojibwe verb meaning 'is of iron'.