Permanent Draft Genome sequence for Frankia sp. strain CcI49, a Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Isolated from Casuarina cunninghamiana that Infects Elaeagnaceae

Samira Mansour^1✉, Erik Swanson², Zakkary McNutt², Céline Pesce², Kelsey Harrington², Feseha Abebe-Alele², Stephen Simpson², Krystalynne Morris², W. Kelley Thomas², Louis S. Tisa^2✉

1. Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt,
2. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.

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Citation:
Mansour S, Swanson E, McNutt Z, Pesce C, Harrington K, Abebe-Alele F, Simpson S, Morris K, Thomas WK, Tisa LS. Permanent Draft Genome sequence for Frankia sp. strain CcI49, a Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Isolated from Casuarina cunninghamiana that Infects Elaeagnaceae. J Genomics 2017; 5:119-123. doi:10.7150/jgen.22138. Available from http://www.jgenomics.com/v05p0119.htm

Abstract

Frankia sp. strain CcI49 was isolated from Casuarina cunninghamiana nodules. However the strain was unable to re-infect Casuarina, but was able to infect other actinorhizal plants including Elaeagnaceae. Here, we report the 9.8-Mbp draft genome sequence of Frankia sp. strain CcI49 with a G+C content of 70.5 % and 7,441 candidate protein-encoding genes. Analysis of the genome revealed the presence of a bph operon involved in the degradation of biphenyls and polychlorinated biphenyls.

Keywords: Actinorhizal symbiosis, bioremediation, nitrogen fixation, natural products, host microbe interactions, genomes.