Draft Genome Sequence of Pantoea ananatis Strain AMG521, a Rice Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterial Endophyte Isolated from the Guadalquivir Marshes in Southern Spain

Esaú Megías; Manuel Megías; Francisco Javier Ollero; Mariangela Hungria

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01681-15

Draft Genome Sequence of Pantoea ananatis Strain AMG521, a Rice Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterial Endophyte Isolated from the Guadalquivir Marshes in Southern Spain

Genome Announc. 2016 Feb 18;4(1):e01681-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01681-15.

Authors

Esaú Megías¹, Manuel Megías², Francisco Javier Ollero², Mariangela Hungria³

Affiliations

¹ Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain Embrapa Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brasília, Federal District, Brazil.
² Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain.
³ Embrapa Soja, Soil Biotechnology, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil mariangela.hungria@embrapa.br.

Abstract

The rice endophyte Pantoea ananatis AMG521 shows several plant growth-promoting properties and promotes rice yield increases. Its draft genome was estimated at 4,891,568 bp with 4,704 coding sequences (CDS). The genome encodes genes for N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) synthases, AHL hydrolases, hyperadherence (yidQ, yidP, and yidR), fusaric acid resistance, and oxidation of lignin, highlighting its biotechnological potential.