- Woo, Hannah L;
- O'Dell, Kaela B;
- Utturkar, Sagar;
- McBride, Kathryn R;
- Huntemann, Marcel;
- Clum, Alicia;
- Pillay, Manoj;
- Palaniappan, Krishnaveni;
- Varghese, Neha;
- Mikhailova, Natalia;
- Stamatis, Dimitrios;
- Reddy, TBK;
- Ngan, Chew Yee;
- Daum, Chris;
- Shapiro, Nicole;
- Markowitz, Victor;
- Ivanova, Natalia;
- Kyrpides, Nikos;
- Woyke, Tanja;
- Brown, Steven D;
- Hazen, Terry C
Thalassospira sp. strain KO164 was isolated from eastern Mediterranean seawater and sediment laboratory microcosms enriched on insoluble organosolv lignin under oxic conditions. The near-complete genome sequence presented here will facilitate analyses into this deep-ocean bacterium's ability to degrade recalcitrant organics such as lignin.