Sphingomonas taxi, Isolated from Cucurbita pepo, Proves to Be a DDE-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain

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

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00489-15

Sphingomonas taxi, Isolated from Cucurbita pepo, Proves to Be a DDE-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain

Genome Announc. 2015 May 14;3(3):e00489-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00489-15.

Authors

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

Affiliations

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

Abstract

The draft genome of Sphingomonas taxi, a strain of the Sphingomonadaceae isolated from Cucurbita pepo root tissue, is presented. This Gram-negative bacterium shows 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE)-degrading potential and plant growth-promoting capacities. An analysis of its 3.9-Mb draft genome will enhance the understanding of DDE-degradation pathways and phytoremediation applications for DDE-contaminated soils.