Draft Genome Sequence of Gordonia sihwensis Strain 9, a Branched Alkane-Degrading Bacterium

Lisa M Brown; Thusitha S Gunasekera; Richard C Striebich; Oscar N Ruiz

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00622-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Gordonia sihwensis Strain 9, a Branched Alkane-Degrading Bacterium

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 23;4(3):e00622-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00622-16.

Authors

Lisa M Brown¹, Thusitha S Gunasekera¹, Richard C Striebich¹, Oscar N Ruiz²

Affiliations

¹ University of Dayton Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
² Air Force Research Laboratory, Aerospace Systems Directorate, Fuels and Energy Branch, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA oscar.ruiz@us.af.mil.

Abstract

Gordonia sihwensis strain 9 is a Gram-positive bacterium capable of efficient aerobic degradation of branched and normal alkanes. The draft genome of G. sihwensis S9 is 4.16 Mb in size, with 3,686 coding sequences and 68.1% G+C content. Alkane monooxygenase and P-450 cytochrome genes required for alkane degradation are predicted in G. sihwensis S9.