Gene Determinants for Mercury Bioremediation as Revealed by Draft Genome Sequence Analysis of Stenotrophomonas sp. Strain MA5

Ashish Pathak; Meenakshi Agarwal; Rajesh Singh Rathore; Ashvini Chauhan

doi:10.1128/MRA.00130-19

Gene Determinants for Mercury Bioremediation as Revealed by Draft Genome Sequence Analysis of Stenotrophomonas sp. Strain MA5

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Apr 25;8(17):e00130-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00130-19.

Authors

Ashish Pathak¹, Meenakshi Agarwal¹, Rajesh Singh Rathore¹, Ashvini Chauhan²

Affiliations

¹ School of the Environment, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
² School of the Environment, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA ashvini.chauhan@famu.edu.

Abstract

A soilborne Stenotrophomonas sp. strain (MA5) that is resistant to mercury was isolated. A draft genome sequence-based analysis revealed a suite of gene determinants to resist mercury and other heavy metals, multidrug efflux, stress response, and membrane transport, and these provide cues to a suite of mechanisms that underpin cellular survival in contaminated soil.