fmicb-09-03189 January 3, 2019 Time: 16:59 # 1 ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 08 January 2019 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03189 The Complete Genome and Physiological Analysis of the Edited by: Eurythermal Firmicute Pieter T. Visscher, University of Connecticut, Exiguobacterium chiriqhucha United States Reviewed by: Strain RW2 Isolated From a Fabiano Thompson, Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa Freshwater Microbialite, Widely de Engenharia (COPPE), Brazil Jennifer Mobberley, Adaptable to Broad Thermal, University of California, Santa Barbara, United States pH, and Salinity Ranges *Correspondence: Richard Allen White III Richard Allen White III1*†, Sarah A. Soles2‡, Greg Gavelis3‡, Emma Gosselin4,
[email protected] Greg F. Slater2, Darlene S. S. Lim5,6, Brian Leander3 and Curtis A. Suttle1,4,7,8 †Present address: 1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2 School Richard Allen White III, of Geography and Earth Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, 3 Department of Zoology, University RAW Molecular Systems, Spokane, of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 4 Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, University of British WA, United States; Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 5 Bay Area Environmental Institute, Petaluma, CA, United States, 6 NASA Ames Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, 7 Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, State University, Pullman, WA, Canada, 8 Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada United States; Plant Pathology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Members of the genus Exiguobacterium are found in diverse environments from United States; Australian Centre for Astrobiology, marine, freshwaters, permafrost to hot springs.