Draft Genome Sequence of Arthrobacter sp. Strain SPG23, a Hydrocarbon-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Soil Bacterium.

Panagiotis Gkorezis,Jonathan D Van Hamme,Andrea Franzetti,Maria Balseiro-Romero,Jaco Vangronsveld,Sofie Thijs,Eric M Bottos,Nele Weyens,Francois Rineau

doi:10.1128/genomea.01517-15

Abstract

We report here the 4.7-Mb draft genome of Arthrobacter sp. SPG23, a hydrocarbonoclastic Gram-positive bacterium belonging to the Actinobacteria, isolated from diesel-contaminated soil at the Ford Motor Company site in Genk, Belgium. Strain SPG23 is a potent plant growth promoter useful for diesel fuel remediation applications based on plant-bacterium associations.

Highlights

We report here the 4.7-Mb draft genome of Arthrobacter sp
Members of the genus Arthrobacter have been associated with the degradation of compounds, such as 4-chlorophenol [1], polychlorinated biphenyls [2, 3], pentachloronitrobenzene, [4], 2-nitrobenzoate [5], atrazine [6], 2,4-dinitrotoluene [7], paranitrophenol [8], 4-bromophenol [9], phenanthrene, and phthalates [10, 11]
Partial 16S rRNA gene sequence data and phenotypic profiling indicate that SPG23 is related to Arthrobacter sp

Summary

Introduction

We report here the 4.7-Mb draft genome of Arthrobacter sp. SPG23, a hydrocarbonoclastic Gram-positive bacterium belonging to the Actinobacteria, isolated from diesel-contaminated soil at the Ford Motor Company site in Genk, Belgium. Members of the genus Arthrobacter have been associated with the degradation of compounds, such as 4-chlorophenol [1], polychlorinated biphenyls [2, 3], pentachloronitrobenzene, [4], 2-nitrobenzoate [5], atrazine [6], 2,4-dinitrotoluene [7], paranitrophenol [8], 4-bromophenol [9], phenanthrene, and phthalates [10, 11]. Genome sequence data indicate that several strains of Arthrobacter are capable of degrading aromatic compounds, including Arthrobacter sp. W1 [13], and Arthrobacter sp.

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