Metal ion-reducing bacteria, such as the facultatively aerobic Gram-positive
The genome is a circular chromosome of almost 5 megabases, encoding 4,758 predicted proteins — half of which could be assigned a biological function. The S. oneidensis iteron-type plasmid is 161 kilobases and contains 173 genes. Heidelberg et al. revealed a 51 kilobase lambda-like phage genome that they speculate may be a useful tool for genetic manipulation experiments. They identified 39 c-type cytochrome genes — more than any other sequenced organism — and also metal hydrogenases, genes involved in metabolism, electron transport, adaptation to diverse environments and ...
