Genome Sequence of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Cronobacter sp. Strain DJ34 Isolated from Crude Oil-Containing Sludge from the Duliajan Oil Fields, Assam, India

Siddhartha Pal; Tirtha Das Banerjee; Ajoy Roy; Pinaki Sar; Sufia K Kazy

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01321-15

Genome Sequence of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Cronobacter sp. Strain DJ34 Isolated from Crude Oil-Containing Sludge from the Duliajan Oil Fields, Assam, India

Genome Announc. 2015 Nov 12;3(6):e01321-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01321-15.

Authors

Siddhartha Pal¹, Tirtha Das Banerjee¹, Ajoy Roy¹, Pinaki Sar², Sufia K Kazy³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, India.
² Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India.
³ Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, India sufia_kazy@yahoo.com.

Abstract

We report here the 4,856,096-bp draft genome sequence of hydrocarbon-degrading Cronobacter sp. strain DJ34 isolated from crude oil-containing sludge from the Duliajan oil fields, India. DJ34 contains genes that mediate hydrocarbon degradation, metal resistance, and biosurfactant production. This is the first report of the genome sequence of Cronobacter sp. inhabiting an oil-contaminated environment.