Draft Genome Sequence of MCPA-Degrading Sphingomonas sp. Strain ERG5, Isolated from a Groundwater Aquifer in Denmark

Tue Kjærgaard Nielsen; Witold Kot; Sebastian R Sørensen; Lars Hestbjerg Hansen

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01529-14

Draft Genome Sequence of MCPA-Degrading Sphingomonas sp. Strain ERG5, Isolated from a Groundwater Aquifer in Denmark

Genome Announc. 2015 Feb 12;3(1):e01529-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01529-14.

Authors

Tue Kjærgaard Nielsen¹, Witold Kot², Sebastian R Sørensen³, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark.
² [email protected].
³ Department of Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark.

Abstract

Sphingomonas sp. strain ERG5 was isolated from a bacterial community, originating from a groundwater aquifer polluted with low pesticide concentrations. This bacterium degrades 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA) in a wide spectrum of concentrations and has been shown to function in bioaugmented sand filters. Genes associated with MCPA degradation are situated on a putative conjugative plasmid.