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  About the Methanosarcina barkeri Oct 2005 (methBark1) assembly (sequences)
 

Species Information

The Methanosarcina barkeri str. Fusaro genome is 4.87 Million bp long and contains approximately 3831 predicted genes. M. barkeri is a mesophilic methanogen isolated from mud at a freshwater lake near Naples, Italy.

Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Methanomicrobia; Methanosarcinales; Methanosarcinaceae; Methanosarcina.

The most recent genome sequence draft was released Oct 2005 by the DOE Joint Genome Institute, but there is no associated genome publication to date.

Isolation: Arch Microbiol 113:57-60 (1977) Kandler O, Hippe H, "Lack of peptidoglycan in the cell walls of Methanosarcina barkeri."

Abstract: Neither muramic acid and glucosamine nor D-glutamic acid or other amino acids typical of peptidoglycan were found in cell walls of two strains of Methanosarcina barkeri. The main components are galactosamine, neutral sugars and uronic acids. Therefore, the structural component of the cell wall most likely consists of an acid heteropolysaccharide, resembling that of Halococcus morrhuae. It is, however, not sulfated.... [Click above reference link for full abstract]

Sequenced related species/strains: Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A, Methanococcoides burtonii DSM 6242, Methanosarcina mazei Go1, Methanosaeta thermophila PT

Browse Specific Gene/Feature Sets

Sample position queries

A genome position can be specified by chromosomal coordinate range, COGID, or keywords from the GenBank or TIGR description of a gene. The available chromosome/plasmid names are:

Browser Chrom/Plasmid NameLength (bp)GC Content (%)Gene CountNCBI RefSeq Accession
plasmid13635833.5920NC_007349
chr483740839.283811NC_007355

The following list shows examples of valid position queries for thisgenome: 

Request:Genome Browser Response:
chrDisplays the entire sequence "chr" in the browser window
chr:1-10000    Displays first ten thousand bases of the sequence "chr"
transporter    Lists all genes with "transporter" in the name or description
Mbar_B3751Display genome at position of gene Mbar_B3751

Phylogenetic tree of related species based on multiple-genome alignment in browser:

Phylogeny tree

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