Draft Genome Sequence of a Benzothiophene-Desulfurizing Bacterium, Gordona terrae Strain C-6

Wei Wang; Ting Ma; Yi Ren; Guoqiang Li

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00381-13

Draft Genome Sequence of a Benzothiophene-Desulfurizing Bacterium, Gordona terrae Strain C-6

Genome Announc. 2013 Jun 20;1(3):e00381-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00381-13.

Authors

Wei Wang¹, Ting Ma, Yi Ren, Guoqiang Li

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin, China.

Abstract

Gordona terrae strain C-6 was isolated from oil-contaminated soil and is capable of desulfurizing benzothiophene (BT). Here we report the draft genome sequence of G. terrae strain C-6, which may help to reveal the genetic basis of the BT biodesulfurization pathway.