Draft genome sequence of the nitrophenol-degrading actinomycete Rhodococcus imtechensis RKJ300

Surendra Vikram; Shailesh Kumar; Srikrishna Subramanian; Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava

doi:10.1128/JB.00532-12

Draft genome sequence of the nitrophenol-degrading actinomycete Rhodococcus imtechensis RKJ300

J Bacteriol. 2012 Jul;194(13):3543. doi: 10.1128/JB.00532-12.

Authors

Surendra Vikram¹, Shailesh Kumar, Srikrishna Subramanian, Gajendra Pal Singh Raghava

Affiliation

¹ Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39-A, Chandigarh, India.

Abstract

We report the 8.231-Mb genome sequence of Rhodococcus imtechensis RKJ300, isolated from pesticide-contaminated soil in Punjab, India. The genome sequence of the strain RKJ300 will be helpful in exploring the molecular pathways involved in the degradation of nitrophenols.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biodegradation, Environmental
Genome, Bacterial*
India
Molecular Sequence Data
Nitrophenols / metabolism*
Pesticides
Rhodococcus / classification
Rhodococcus / genetics*
Rhodococcus / isolation & purification
Rhodococcus / metabolism
Sequence Analysis, DNA*
Soil Microbiology
Soil Pollutants

Substances

Nitrophenols
Pesticides
Soil Pollutants

Associated data

GENBANK/AJJH01000000