Draft Genome Sequence of Agrobacterium sp. Strain R89-1, a Morphine Alkaloid-Biotransforming Bacterium

Jiří Zahradník; Eva Kyslíková; Pavel Kyslík

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00196-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Agrobacterium sp. Strain R89-1, a Morphine Alkaloid-Biotransforming Bacterium

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 7;4(2):e00196-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00196-16.

Authors

Jiří Zahradník¹, Eva Kyslíková², Pavel Kyslík³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Enzyme Technology, Institute of Microbiology CAS, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University Prague, Prague, Czech Republic zahradj@ibt.cas.cz kyslik@biomed.cas.cz.
² Laboratory of Enzyme Technology, Institute of Microbiology CAS, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic.
³ Laboratory of Enzyme Technology, Institute of Microbiology CAS, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic zahradj@ibt.cas.cz kyslik@biomed.cas.cz.

Abstract

Agrobacteriumsp. strain R89-1 isolated from composted wastes ofPapaver somniferumcan effectively biotransform codeine/morphine into 14-OH-derivatives. Here, we present a 4.7-Mb assembly of the R89-1 strain genome. The draft shows that the strain R89-1 represents a distinct phylogenetic lineage within the genusAgrobacterium.