Draft Genome Sequence of the Endophytic Bacterium Enterobacter spp. MR1, Isolated from Drought Tolerant Plant (Butea monosperma)

Manoj V Parakhia; Rukam S Tomar; Bipin J Malaviya; Rashmin M Dhingani; Visha M Rathod; Jalpa R Thakkar; B A Golakiya

doi:10.1007/s12088-013-0429-5

Draft Genome Sequence of the Endophytic Bacterium Enterobacter spp. MR1, Isolated from Drought Tolerant Plant (Butea monosperma)

Indian J Microbiol. 2014 Mar;54(1):118-9. doi: 10.1007/s12088-013-0429-5. Epub 2013 Oct 22.

Authors

Manoj V Parakhia¹, Rukam S Tomar¹, Bipin J Malaviya¹, Rashmin M Dhingani², Visha M Rathod¹, Jalpa R Thakkar¹, B A Golakiya¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, Gujarat India.
² College of Food Processing Technology and Bio-energy, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat India.

Abstract

Enterobacter sp. MR1 an endophytic plant growth promoting bacterium was isolated from the roots of Butea monosperma, a drought tolerant plant. Genome sequencing of Enterobacter spp. MR1 was carried out in Ion Torrent (PGM), Next Generation Sequencer. The data obtained revealed 640 contigs with genome size of 4.58 Mb and G+C content of 52.8 %. This bacterium may contain genes responsible for inducing drought tolerance in plant, including genes for phosphate solubilization, growth hormones and other useful genes for plant growth.

Keywords: Butea monosperma; Drought tolerant; Endophytes; Phosphate solubilization; Plant growth promoting endophytic bacteria; Whole genome sequencing.