Complete genome of a metabolically-diverse marine bacterium Shewanella japonica KCTC 22435T

Abstract Shewanella japonica KCTC 22435 T is a facultatively anaerobic, Gram-negative, mesophilic, rod-shaped bacterium isolated from sea water at the Pacific Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry of the Marine Experimental Station, Troitza Bay, Gulf of Peter the Great, Russia. Here, we report the complete genome of S . japonica KCTC 22435 T , which consists of 4,975,677 bp (G + C content of 40.80%) with a single chromosome, 4036 protein-coding genes, 97 tRNAs and 8 rRNA operons. Genes detected in the genome reveal that the strain possesses a type II secretion system, cytochrome c family proteins with various numbers of heme-binding motifs, and metabolic pathways for utilizing diverse carbon sources, supporting the potential of KCTC 22435 T to generate electricity in salinity culture conditions.