Candidatus Acidianus copahuensis strain:ALE1 Genome sequencing and assembly. Candidatus Acidianus copahuensis strain:ALE1

Acidianus copahuensis ALE1, an archaea from the Crenarchaeota phylum, was isolated from hot springs in Copahue, and until now not reported anywhere else. A copahuensis is a facultative chemolithoautotrophic, thermoacidophilic organism (optimal growth temperature 75°C, pH 2.5). It is capable of autotrophic growth; aerobically using iron and different sulfur compounds as energy sources, and anaerobically using H2 and S as electron donors and Fe(III) or S as final electron acceptors. It can also grow heterotrophically using yeast extract or glucose. The genome sequence of A. copahuensis ALE1 strain was obtained using a whole-genome shotgun (WGS) strategy with a 454-FLX Titanium pyrosequencer at INDEAR, Argentina. Assembly was done using celera assembler version 7.0 with 52X genome coverage that generated a total of 68 contigs. The draft genome is 2,454,023 bases in length. The G+C content of the genomic DNA is 35.63 mol%.