Draft genome sequence of Microbacterium oleivorans strain Wellendorf implicates heterotrophic versatility and bioremediation potential

Anton P Avramov; M B Couger; Emily L Hartley; Craig Land; Rachel Wellendorf; Radwa A Hanafy; Connie Budd; Donald P French; Wouter D Hoff; Noha Youssef

doi:10.1016/j.gdata.2016.09.005

Draft genome sequence of Microbacterium oleivorans strain Wellendorf implicates heterotrophic versatility and bioremediation potential

Genom Data. 2016 Sep 17:10:54-60. doi: 10.1016/j.gdata.2016.09.005. eCollection 2016 Dec.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States.
² Department of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States.

Abstract

Microbacterium oleivorans is a predominant member of hydrocarbon-contaminated environments. We here report on the genomic analysis of M. oleivorans strain Wellendorf that was isolated from an indoor door handle. The partial genome of M. oleivorans strain Wellendorf consists of 2,916,870 bp of DNA with 2831 protein-coding genes and 49 RNA genes. The organism appears to be a versatile mesophilic heterotroph potentially capable of hydrolysis a suite of carbohydrates and amino acids. Genomic analysis revealed metabolic versatility with genes involved in the metabolism and transport of glucose, fructose, rhamnose, galactose, xylose, arabinose, alanine, aspartate, asparagine, glutamate, serine, glycine, threonine and cysteine. This is the first detailed analysis of a Microbacterium oleivorans genome.

Keywords: Bioremediation potential; Detailed annotation; Draft genome; Metabolic versatility; Microbacterium oleivorans; Student Initiated Microbial Discovery (SIMD) project.