Draft Genome Sequence of the Endophytic Strain Rhodococcus kyotonensis KB10, a Potential Biodegrading and Antibacterial Bacterium Isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana

Chi Eun Hong; Sung Hee Jo; Haeyoung Jeong; Jeong Mee Park

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00636-16

Draft Genome Sequence of the Endophytic Strain Rhodococcus kyotonensis KB10, a Potential Biodegrading and Antibacterial Bacterium Isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 7;4(4):e00636-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00636-16.

Authors

Chi Eun Hong¹, Sung Hee Jo¹, Haeyoung Jeong², Jeong Mee Park³

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Biofarming Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Department of Biosystems and Bioengineering, University of Science and Technology, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Biosystems and Bioengineering, University of Science and Technology, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Super-Bacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea hyjeong@kribb.re.kr jmpark@kribb.re.kr.
³ Molecular Biofarming Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea Department of Biosystems and Bioengineering, University of Science and Technology, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea hyjeong@kribb.re.kr jmpark@kribb.re.kr.

Abstract

Rhodococcus kyotonensis KB10 is an endophytic bacterium isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana The organism showed mild antibacterial activity against the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. This study reports the genome sequence of R. kyotonensis KB10. This bacterium contains an ectoine biosynthesis gene cluster and has the potential to degrade nitroaromatic compounds. The identified bacterium may be a suitable biocontrol agent and degrader of environmental pollutants.