Abstract
Acinetobacter guillouiae strain 20B can utilize dimethyl sulfide (DMS) as the sole sulfur source and degrade chloroethylenes. We report here the complete 4,648,418-bp genome sequence for this strain, which contains 4,367 predicted coding sequences (CDSs), including a well-characterized DMS degradative operon.
Highlights
Acinetobacter guillouiae strain 20B can utilize dimethyl sulfide (DMS) as the sole sulfur source and degrade chloroethylenes
Acinetobacter guillouiae strain 20B was isolated as a DMS degrader, which can utilize other volatile organic sulfur compounds, including dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and dimethyl sulfone but is unable to utilize methanethiol as the sole sulfur source [2]
It has been shown that strain 20B oxidizes these substrates via a DMS-oxidizing enzyme encoded by six open reading frames (ORFs) designated dsoABCDEF, which showed marked homology with the well-studied multicomponent phenol hydroxylases [2, 3]
Summary
Acinetobacter guillouiae strain 20B can utilize dimethyl sulfide (DMS) as the sole sulfur source and degrade chloroethylenes. The off-flavor compound dimethyl sulfide (DMS) is released into the atmosphere, especially from the ocean [1]. Acinetobacter guillouiae (formerly designated as Acinetobacter sp.) strain 20B was isolated as a DMS degrader, which can utilize other volatile organic sulfur compounds, including dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and dimethyl sulfone but is unable to utilize methanethiol as the sole sulfur source [2].
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