GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS Complete Genome Sequence of the Thermophilic Bacterium Exiguobacterium sp. AT1b

Here we present the genome of strain Exiguobacterium sp. AT1b, a thermophilic member of the genus Exiguobacterium whose representatives were isolated from various environments along a thermal and physicochemical gradient. This genome was sequenced to be a comparative resource for the study of thermal adaptation with a psychroactive representative of the genus, Exiguobacterium sibiricum strain 255-15, that was previously sequenced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) (http://genome.ornl.gov/microbial/exig/). Exiguobacterium sp. AT1b ( ATCC BAA-1283) is a thermophilic, facultative anaerobic bacterium isolated from a slightly alkaline, highly carbonate hot spring water sample from Angel Terrace, which is part of Mammoth Terrace, Yellowstone National Park. The non-spore-forming, low-GC,