Draft Genome Sequence of Enterobacter aerogenes, a DDE-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain Isolated from Cucurbita pepo

Nele Eevers; Jonathan D Van Hamme; Eric M Bottos; Nele Weyens; Jaco Vangronsveld

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00317-15

Draft Genome Sequence of Enterobacter aerogenes, a DDE-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain Isolated from Cucurbita pepo

Genome Announc. 2015 Apr 16;3(2):e00317-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00317-15.

Authors

Nele Eevers¹, Jonathan D Van Hamme², Eric M Bottos², Nele Weyens¹, Jaco Vangronsveld³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
² Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
³ Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, Diepenbeek, Belgium jaco.vangronsveld@uhasselt.be.

Abstract

We report here the draft genome of Enterobacter aerogenes, a Gram-negative bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae isolated from Cucurbita pepo root tissue. This bacterium shows 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE)-degrading potential and plant growth-promoting capacity. An analysis of its 4.5-Mb draft genome will enhance the understanding of DDE degradation pathways and phytoremediation applications for DDE-contaminated soils.