Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingobium sp. Strain KK22, a High-Molecular-Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium Isolated from Cattle Pasture Soil

Allyn H Maeda; Shinro Nishi; Yasuhiro Ozeki; Yukari Ohta; Yuji Hatada; Robert A Kanaly

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00911-13

Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingobium sp. Strain KK22, a High-Molecular-Weight Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium Isolated from Cattle Pasture Soil

Genome Announc. 2013 Nov 7;1(6):e00911-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00911-13.

Authors

Allyn H Maeda¹, Shinro Nishi, Yasuhiro Ozeki, Yukari Ohta, Yuji Hatada, Robert A Kanaly

Affiliation

¹ Department of Life and Environmental System Science, Graduate School of Nanobiosciences, Yokohama City University, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan.

Abstract

Sphingobium sp. strain KK22 was isolated from a bacterial consortium that originated from cattle pasture soil from Texas. Strain KK22 grows on phenanthrene and has been shown to biotransform the high-molecular-weight (HMW) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) benz[a]anthracene. The genome of strain KK22 was sequenced to investigate the genes involved in aromatic pollutant biotransformation.