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Permanent draft genome sequence of Comamonas testosteroni KF-1 |
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| Authors: | Michael Weiss Anna I. Kesberg Kurt M. LaButti Sam Pitluck David Bruce Loren Hauser Alex Copeland Tanja Woyke Stephen Lowry Susan Lucas Miriam Land Lynne Goodwin Staffan Kjelleberg Alasdair M. Cook Matthias Buhmann Torsten Thomas David Schleheck |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Biological Sciences, University of Konstanz, Germany;2.Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany;3.DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA;4.Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA;5.Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA;6.Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation and School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
| Abstract: | Comamonas testosteroni KF-1 is a model organism for the elucidation of the novel biochemical degradation pathways for xenobiotic 4-sulfophenylcarboxylates (SPC) formed during biodegradation of synthetic 4-sulfophenylalkane surfactants (linear alkylbenzenesulfonates, LAS) by bacterial communities. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The 6,026,527 bp long chromosome (one sequencing gap) exhibits an average G+C content of 61.79% and is predicted to encode 5,492 protein-coding genes and 114 RNA genes. |
| Keywords: | Comamonas testosteroni KF-1 aerobic Gram-negative Comamonadaceae xenobiotic surfactant biodegradation |