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

Genome Announc. 1(3):e00381-13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00381-13
Draft Genome Sequence of a Benzothiophene-Desulfurizing Bacterium, Gordona terrae Strain C-6
Wei Wang (a), (b), Ting Ma (a), (c), Yi Ren (d), Guoqiang Li (a), (c)
nkweiwang@nankai.edu.cn
gqli@nankai.edu.cn
a Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin, China
b Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin, China
c College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
d School of Food Engineering and Biological Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
ABSTRACT
Gordona terrae strain C-6 was isolated from oil-contaminated soil and is capable of desulfurizing benzothiophene (BT). Authors report the draft genome sequence of G. terrae strain C-6, which may help to reveal the genetic basis of the BT biodesulfurization pathway.
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