Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingorhabdus sp. Strain EL138, a Metabolically Versatile Alphaproteobacterium Isolated from the Gorgonian Coral Eunicella labiata

Sandra Godinho Silva; Asunción Lago-Lestón; Rodrigo Costa; Tina Keller-Costa

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00142-18

Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingorhabdus sp. Strain EL138, a Metabolically Versatile Alphaproteobacterium Isolated from the Gorgonian Coral Eunicella labiata

Genome Announc. 2018 Mar 1;6(9):e00142-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00142-18.

Authors

Sandra Godinho Silva^{1

2}, Asunción Lago-Lestón³, Rodrigo Costa^{4

2}, Tina Keller-Costa^{4

2}

Affiliations

¹ IBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
² Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
³ Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Mexico.
⁴ IBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal rodrigoscosta@tecnico.ulisboa.pt tinakellercosta@tecnico.ulisboa.pt.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Sphingorhabdus sp. strain EL138, an alphaproteobacterium that shows potential to degrade polycyclic aromatic compounds and to cope with various heavy metals and antibiotics. Moreover, the strain, isolated from the gorgonian coral Eunicella labiata, possesses several genes involved in the biosynthesis of polyphosphates, polyketides, and terpenoids.