Complete genome sequence analysis of the thermoacidophilic verrucomicrobial methanotroph "Candidatus Methylacidiphilum kamchatkense" strain Kam1 and comparison with its closest relatives.

Comparing three closed genomes of "Ca. Methylacidiphilum" spp. has given new insights into the evolution of these organisms and revealed large differences in numbers of transposable elements between strains, the activity of these explains much of the genomic differences between strains.