Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingomonas sp. Strain Ant20, Isolated from Oil-Contaminated Soil on Ross Island, Antarctica

Sandra Ronca; Aline Frossard; Leandro D Guerrero; Thulani P Makhalanyane; Jackie M Aislabie; Don A Cowan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01309-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingomonas sp. Strain Ant20, Isolated from Oil-Contaminated Soil on Ross Island, Antarctica

Genome Announc. 2015 Jan 8;3(1):e01309-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01309-14.

Authors

Sandra Ronca¹, Aline Frossard¹, Leandro D Guerrero¹, Thulani P Makhalanyane¹, Jackie M Aislabie², Don A Cowan³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
² Landcare Research, Hamilton, New Zealand.
³ Centre for Microbial Ecology and Genomics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa don.cowan@up.ac.za.

Abstract

Here, we present the draft genome of Sphingomonas sp. strain Ant20, isolated from oil-polluted soil near Scott Base, Ross Island, Antarctica. The genome of this aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium provides valuable information on the microbially mediated biodegradation of aromatic compounds in cold-climate systems.