Draft Genome Sequence for Caulobacter sp. Strain OR37, a Bacterium Tolerant to Heavy Metals

Sagar M Utturkar; Annette Bollmann; Ryann M Brzoska; Dawn M Klingeman; Slava E Epstein; Anthony V Palumbo; Steven D Brown

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00322-13

Draft Genome Sequence for Caulobacter sp. Strain OR37, a Bacterium Tolerant to Heavy Metals

Genome Announc. 2013 Jun 27;1(3):e00322-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00322-13.

Authors

Sagar M Utturkar¹, Annette Bollmann, Ryann M Brzoska, Dawn M Klingeman, Slava E Epstein, Anthony V Palumbo, Steven D Brown

Affiliation

¹ Graduate School of Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Abstract

Caulobacter sp. strain OR37 belongs to the class Alphaproteobacteria and was isolated from subsurface sediments in Oak Ridge, TN. Strain OR37 is noteworthy due to its tolerance to high concentrations of heavy metals, such as uranium, nickel, cobalt, and cadmium, and we present its draft genome sequence here.