Abstract
We report here a genome sequence for Rhodococcus sp. isolate UM008 isolated from the renal/interrenal tissue of the winter skate Leucoraja ocellata. Genome sequence analysis suggests that Rhodococcus bacteria may act in a novel mutualistic relationship with their elasmobranch host, serving as biocatalysts in the steroidogenic pathway of 1α-hydroxycorticosterone.
Highlights
We report here a genome sequence for Rhodococcus sp. isolate UM008 isolated from the renal/interrenal tissue of the winter skate Leucoraja ocellata
A sequencing-ready Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) RS II library with 15-kb inserts was prepared at the Génome Québec facility (Montreal, Québec, Canada) and sequenced using C2 chemistry on 3 single-molecule real-time (SMRT) cells, with 180-min movie collection
The chromosome is similar in size, content, and organization to Rhodococcus erythropolis PR4 [10]
Summary
We report here a genome sequence for Rhodococcus sp. isolate UM008 isolated from the renal/interrenal tissue of the winter skate Leucoraja ocellata. Elasmobranch fish (sharks, skates, and rays) possess a unique corticosteroid, 1␣-hydroxycorticosterone (1␣-OH-B), produced in the anatomically distinct interrenal gland [1, 2]. We have recently isolated bacteria of the genus Rhodococcus from the renal/interrenal tissue of the winter skate Leucoraja ocellata We report the genome sequence of the isolate designated Rhodococcus sp.
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