Draft Genome Sequence of the Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium Sphingobium sp. Strain Ant17, Isolated from Antarctic Soil

Evelien M Adriaenssens; Leandro D Guerrero; Thulani P Makhalanyane; Jackie M Aislabie; Don A Cowan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00212-14

Draft Genome Sequence of the Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium Sphingobium sp. Strain Ant17, Isolated from Antarctic Soil

Genome Announc. 2014 Apr 10;2(2):e00212-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00212-14.

Authors

Evelien M Adriaenssens¹, Leandro D Guerrero, Thulani P Makhalanyane, Jackie M Aislabie, Don A Cowan

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

Abstract

Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Sphingobium sp. strain Ant17, an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium that was isolated from Antarctic oil-contaminated soil. An analysis of this genome can lead to insights into the mechanisms of xenobiotic degradation processes at low temperatures and potentially aid in bioremediation applications.