Complete Genome Sequence of the Cesium-Accumulating Bacterium Rhodococcus qingshengii CS98, Isolated from Soil in Japan

Katsuya Satoh; Shogo Ozawa; Hidenori Hayashi; Noriko Tomioka; Issay Narumi; Yutaka Oono

doi:10.1128/MRA.01188-20

Complete Genome Sequence of the Cesium-Accumulating Bacterium Rhodococcus qingshengii CS98, Isolated from Soil in Japan

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Dec 10;9(50):e01188-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01188-20.

Authors

Katsuya Satoh¹, Shogo Ozawa^{2

3}, Hidenori Hayashi³, Noriko Tomioka⁴, Issay Narumi⁵, Yutaka Oono²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan sato.katsuya@qst.go.jp.
² Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan.
³ Faculty of Engineering, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
⁴ Center for Regional Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
⁵ Faculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University, Itakura, Gunma, Japan.

Abstract

Rhodococcus qingshengii CS98 is a bacterium isolated from soil in Japan that shows strong cesium-accumulating ability. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of R. qingshengii (6.7 Mb), which may provide useful genetic information supporting its bioremediation features.