In steam power plants, any improvement in the cooling towers thermal performance will cause the condenser's temperature to decrease; which in turn enhances the power plant's efficiency. Due to water shortage, many power plants all around the world rely on natural draft dry cooling towers (Heller type). In these cooling towers, condenser's exit hot water is pumped to vertical or horizontal finne...

We report here the draft genome sequence of the neutrophilic iron-precipitating Kineosporia sp. strain A_224. Analysis of the predicted genes may improve our knowledge of its role in ochrous formations in natural and technical water systems. This is the first public genome sequence of a Kineosporia aurantiaca strain.

We report the draft genome sequence of Streptomyces sp. strain PBH53, a strain isolated from an urban transit station in Ottawa, Canada. The analysis of the genome using the bioinformatics tool antiSMASH showed the presence of many unique natural product biosynthetic pathways.

Plasmodium gonderi is a primate parasite whose natural host is the African Old World monkeys. Here, we report the draft genome sequence for P. gonderi The data are useful not only for understanding the evolution of malaria but also for allowing the comparative genomics of malaria parasites.

Streptomyces sp. XY006 is an endophytic bacterium isolated from the young leaf material of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis). The draft genome consists of 8.2 Mb and encodes 7,415 putative open reading frames. This strain is found to contain a high capacity for the production of natural products.

In this study, we report the draft genome sequence of Brevundimonas sp. strain SH203, which was previously isolated from natural soil and has the ability to degrade β-1,4-polygluculonate (cellouronate). This genomic information may provide new insight into the mechanisms by which cellouronate is degraded.

Here, we report the draft genome sequences of Edwardsiella ictaluri strains LADL11-100 and LADL11-194, two isolates from natural outbreaks of edwardsiellosis in the zebrafish Danio rerio, as well as the sequences of the plasmids carried by the zebrafish strain of E. ictaluri.

We announce here the draft genome sequence ofNostoc piscinaleCENA21, a diazotrophic heterocyst-forming cyanobacterium isolated from the Solimões River, Amazon Basin, Brazil. It consists of one circular chromosome scaffold with 11 contigs and total size of 7,094,556 bp. Secondary metabolite annotations indicate a good source for the discovery of novel natural products.

Streptococcus iniae is a major fish pathogen that produces invasive infections that result in economic losses in aquaculture. In this study, the draft genome sequence of Streptococcus iniae strain IUSA-1, isolated from a natural outbreak affecting gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and red porgy (Pagrus pagrus), is presented.