Complete Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus sp. Strain M8, a Platform Strain for Acrylic Monomer Production

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

doi:10.1128/MRA.01314-20

Complete Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus sp. Strain M8, a Platform Strain for Acrylic Monomer Production

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Mar 11;10(10):e01314-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01314-20.

Authors

Andrey D Novikov^{1

2}, Konstantin V Lavrov^{1

2}, Artem S Kasianov³, Maxim A Topchiy⁴, Tatyana V Gerasimova^{5

2}, Alexander S Yanenko^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ NRC Kurchatov Institute-GosNIIgenetika, Kurchatov Genomic Center, Moscow, Russia lavrov.ko@gmail.com andrnov@genetika.ru.
² NRC Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia.
³ Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow, Russia.
⁴ A. V. Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
⁵ NRC Kurchatov Institute-GosNIIgenetika, Kurchatov Genomic Center, Moscow, Russia.

Abstract

We report a 6.27-Mbp complete genome of Rhodococcus sp. strain M8, an originally discovered strain that is now under investigation for production of acrylic monomers. The genome consists of a 6.1-Mbp circular chromosome and a 173.2-kbp plasmid.