Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus sp. Strain M8, Which Can Degrade a Broad Range of Nitriles

Andrey D Novikov; Konstantin V Lavrov; Artem S Kasianov; Tatyana V Gerasimova; Alexander S Yanenko

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01526-17

Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus sp. Strain M8, Which Can Degrade a Broad Range of Nitriles

Genome Announc. 2018 Feb 8;6(6):e01526-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01526-17.

Authors

Andrey D Novikov¹, Konstantin V Lavrov², Artem S Kasianov³, Tatyana V Gerasimova¹, Alexander S Yanenko¹

Affiliations

¹ State Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia.
² State Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia Lavrov.ko@gmail.com.
³ Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

Rhodococcus sp. strain M8 is a nitrile-degrading bacterium isolated from acrylonitrile-contaminated sites. This strain produces the enzymes for sequential nitrile degradation, cobalt-type nitrile hydratase, and amidase in large amounts. Its draft genome sequence, announced here, has an estimated size of 6.3 Mbp.