Draft Genome Sequence of the Lignin-Degrading Burkholderia sp. Strain LIG30, Isolated from Wet Tropical Forest Soil

Hannah L Woo; Sagar Utturkar; Dawn Klingeman; Blake A Simmons; Kristen M DeAngelis; Steven D Brown; Terry C Hazen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00637-14

Draft Genome Sequence of the Lignin-Degrading Burkholderia sp. Strain LIG30, Isolated from Wet Tropical Forest Soil

Genome Announc. 2014 Jun 19;2(3):e00637-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00637-14.

Authors

Hannah L Woo¹, Sagar Utturkar², Dawn Klingeman³, Blake A Simmons, Kristen M DeAngelis⁴, Steven D Brown, Terry C Hazen⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
² Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ Microbiology Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ tchazen@utk.edu.

Abstract

Burkholderia species are common soil Betaproteobacteria capable of degrading recalcitrant aromatic compounds and xenobiotics. Burkholderia sp. strain LIG30 was isolated from wet tropical forest soil and is capable of utilizing lignin as a sole carbon source. Here we report the draft genome sequence of Burkholderia sp. strain LIG30.