Genome Sequence of the Moderately Thermophilic Halophile Flexistipes Sinusarabici Strain (MAS10 T )

Flexistipes sinusarabici Fiala et al. 2000 is the type species of the genus Flexistipes in the family Deferribacteraceae . The species is of interest because of its isolated phylogenetic location in a genomically under-characterized region of the tree of life, and because of its origin from a multiply extreme environment; the Atlantis Deep brines of the Red Sea, where it had to struggle with high temperatures, high salinity, and a high concentrations of heavy metals. This is the fourth completed genome sequence to be published of a type strain of the family Deferribacteraceae . The 2,526,590 bp long genome with its 2,346 protein-coding and 53 RNA genes is a part of the G enomic E ncyclopedia of B acteria and A rchaea project.