Draft Genome of Halomonas Species Strain GFAJ-1 (ATCC BAA-2256)

摘要

Halomonas 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 through ). It appears to be a typical gamma proteobacterium.