Draft Genome Sequence of Methylobacterium radiotolerans, a DDE-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain Isolated from Cucurbita pepo

Nele Eevers; Jonathan D Van Hamme; Eric M Bottos; Nele Weyens; Jaco Vangronsveld

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00488-15

Draft Genome Sequence of Methylobacterium radiotolerans, a DDE-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Strain Isolated from Cucurbita pepo

Genome Announc. 2015 May 14;3(3):e00488-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00488-15.

Authors

Nele Eevers¹, Jonathan D Van Hamme², Eric M Bottos², Nele Weyens¹, Jaco Vangronsveld³

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
² Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
³ Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium jaco.vangronsveld@uhasselt.be.

Abstract

We announce the draft genome of Methylobacterium radiotolerans, a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from Cucurbita pepo roots. This strain shows 2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichloroethylene (DDE)-degrading potential and plant growth-promoting capacities. Analyses of its 6.8-Mb genome will improve our understanding of DDE-degradation pathways and aid in the deployment of phytoremediation technologies to remediate DDE-contaminated soils.