Draft Genome Sequence and Polyhydroxyalkanoate Biosynthetic Potential of Jeongeupia naejangsanensis Type Strain DSM 24253

Paolo Turrini; Irene Artuso; Gabriele Andrea Lugli; Emanuela Frangipani; Marco Ventura; Paolo Visca

doi:10.1128/MRA.00167-21

Draft Genome Sequence and Polyhydroxyalkanoate Biosynthetic Potential of Jeongeupia naejangsanensis Type Strain DSM 24253

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Apr 15;10(15):e00167-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00167-21.

Authors

Paolo Turrini^#¹, Irene Artuso^#¹, Gabriele Andrea Lugli², Emanuela Frangipani³, Marco Ventura², Paolo Visca⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy.
² Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.
³ Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy.
⁴ Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy paolo.visca@uniroma3.it.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Jeongeupia naejangsanensis is a Gram-negative, cellulose-degrading betaproteobacterium. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of the type strain J. naejangsanensis DSM 24253 and identify the genes implicated in the biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate bioplastic polymers.