Complete Genome Sequence of Moraxella osloensis Strain KMC41, a Producer of 4-Methyl-3-Hexenoic Acid, a Major Malodor Compound in Laundry

Takatsugu Goto; Hideki Hirakawa; Yuji Morita; Junko Tomida; Jun Sato; Yuta Matsumura; Asako Mitani; Yu Niwano; Kohei Takeuchi; Hiromi Kubota; Yoshiaki Kawamura

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00705-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Moraxella osloensis Strain KMC41, a Producer of 4-Methyl-3-Hexenoic Acid, a Major Malodor Compound in Laundry

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 21;4(4):e00705-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00705-16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Anaerobe Research, Life Science Research Center, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan [email protected].
² Department of Technology Development, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba, Japan.
³ Department of Microbiology, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Aichi, Japan.
⁴ R&D Safety Science Research, Kao Corporation, Tochigi, Japan.
⁵ R&D Household Products Research, Kao Corporation, Wakayama, Japan.
⁶ R&D Perfumery Development Research, Kao Corporation, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequence of Moraxella osloensis strain KMC41, isolated from laundry with malodor. The KMC41 genome comprises a 2,445,556-bp chromosome and three plasmids. A fatty acid desaturase and at least four β-oxidation-related genes putatively associated with 4-methyl-3-hexenoic acid generation were detected in the KMC41 chromosome.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Kazusa DNA Research Institute Foundation. The funder had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.