Abstract
We report the draft genome sequence of Cupriavidus basilensis KF708 (NBRC 110671), which utilizes biphenyl as a sole carbon source and degrades polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The KF708 strain possesses genes for biphenyl catabolism and other genes involved in various aromatic compounds.
Highlights
We report the draft genome sequence of Cupriavidus basilensis KF708 (NBRC 110671), which utilizes biphenyl as a sole carbon source and degrades polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
Biphenyl-utilizing bacteria cometabolize PCBs into chlorobenzoic acids using biphenyl-catabolic enzymes
The bph gene cluster involved in biphenyl/PCB degradation was cloned from one of these strains, Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707, for the first time [2, 3]
Summary
We report the draft genome sequence of Cupriavidus basilensis KF708 (NBRC 110671), which utilizes biphenyl as a sole carbon source and degrades polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Due to their chemical and physical stabilities, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been widely used for a variety of industrial purposes, and in the process have become serious environmental contaminants at a global level. Biphenyl-utilizing bacteria cometabolize PCBs into chlorobenzoic acids using biphenyl-catabolic enzymes. Strain KF708), from the soil near a biphenyl manufacturing plant in Kitakyushu, Japan by enrichment culture with biphenyl as a sole carbon source [1].
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