Draft Genome Sequences of Two Textile Azo Dye-Degrading Shewanella sp. Strains Isolated from a Textile Effluent in Peru

Ivette Fuentes; Robert Ccorahua; Oscar Tinoco; Oscar León; Pablo Ramírez

doi:10.1128/MRA.00836-19

Draft Genome Sequences of Two Textile Azo Dye-Degrading Shewanella sp. Strains Isolated from a Textile Effluent in Peru

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Dec 5;8(49):e00836-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00836-19.

Authors

Ivette Fuentes¹, Robert Ccorahua¹, Oscar Tinoco², Oscar León², Pablo Ramírez³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
² Laboratory of Industrial Effluent Treatment, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
³ Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru pramirezr@unmsm.edu.pe.

Abstract

Here, we report the annotated genome sequences of two Shewanella sp. strains isolated from textile industry wastewater effluent in Peru. Potential genes for encoding enzymes that enable the strain to decolorize and degrade textile azo dyes were detected in both genomes.