Draft Genome Sequence of Paracoccus sp. MKU1, a New Bacterial Strain Isolated from an Industrial Effluent with Potential for Bioremediation

Kamaldeen Nasrin Nisha; Jayavel Sridhar; Perumal Varalakshmi; Balasubramaniem Ashokkumar

doi:10.7150/jgen.14847

Draft Genome Sequence of Paracoccus sp. MKU1, a New Bacterial Strain Isolated from an Industrial Effluent with Potential for Bioremediation

J Genomics. 2016 Apr 26:4:13-5. doi: 10.7150/jgen.14847. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Kamaldeen Nasrin Nisha¹, Jayavel Sridhar², Perumal Varalakshmi³, Balasubramaniem Ashokkumar¹

Affiliations

¹ 1. Department of Genetic Engineering, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
² 2. Department of Biotechnology, Directorate of Distance Education, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
³ 3. Department of Molecular Microbiology, School of Biotechnology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Abstract

Paracoccus sp. MKU1, a novel dimethylformamide degrading bacterial strain was originally isolated from an industrial effluent, Tirupur region, Tamil Nadu, India. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Paracoccus sp. MKU1, which could provide the genetic insights on its evolution and application of this versatile bacterium for effective degradation of xenobiotics and thus in bioremediation.

Keywords: Paracoccus sp. MKU1; degradation; dimethylformamide; genome; xenobiotics.