Draft genome sequence of Pantoea sp. strain A4, a Rafflesia-associated bacterium that produces N-acylhomoserine lactones as quorum-sensing molecules

Kar-Wai Hong; Han Ming Gan; Siew-Moon Low; Patrick Kok Yuen Lee; Yee-Meng Chong; Wai-Fong Yin; Kok-Gan Chan

doi:10.1128/JB.01619-12

Draft genome sequence of Pantoea sp. strain A4, a Rafflesia-associated bacterium that produces N-acylhomoserine lactones as quorum-sensing molecules

J Bacteriol. 2012 Dec;194(23):6610. doi: 10.1128/JB.01619-12.

Authors

Kar-Wai Hong¹, Han Ming Gan, Siew-Moon Low, Patrick Kok Yuen Lee, Yee-Meng Chong, Wai-Fong Yin, Kok-Gan Chan

Affiliation

¹ Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

Pantoea sp. strain A4 is a Gram-negative bacterium isolated from the Rafflesia flower. We present here, for the first time, the genome sequence of Rafflesia-associated Pantoea sp. strain A4, which exhibited quorum-sensing activity.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acyl-Butyrolactones / metabolism
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry*
DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
Ferns / microbiology
Genome, Bacterial*
Molecular Sequence Data
Pantoea / genetics*
Pantoea / isolation & purification
Pantoea / physiology
Quorum Sensing
Sequence Analysis, DNA*

Substances

Acyl-Butyrolactones
DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

GENBANK/ALXE00000000