Draft Genome Sequence of Frankia sp. Strain BMG5.23, a Salt-Tolerant Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated from the Root Nodules of Casuarina glauca Grown in Tunisia

Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari; Sheldon G Hurst 4th; Rediet Oshone; Krystalynne Morris; Feseha Abebe-Akele; W Kelley Thomas; Amir Ktari; Karima Salem; Maher Gtari; Louis S Tisa

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00520-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Frankia sp. Strain BMG5.23, a Salt-Tolerant Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated from the Root Nodules of Casuarina glauca Grown in Tunisia

Genome Announc. 2014 May 29;2(3):e00520-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00520-14.

Authors

Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari, Sheldon G Hurst 4th¹, Rediet Oshone¹, Krystalynne Morris¹, Feseha Abebe-Akele¹, W Kelley Thomas¹, Amir Ktari², Karima Salem², Maher Gtari, Louis S Tisa³

Affiliations

¹ University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
² Laboratoire Microorganismes et Biomolécules Actives, Université Tunis El Manar (FST) & Université Carthage (INSAT), Campus Universitaire, Tunis, Tunisia.
³ University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA [email protected].

Abstract

Nitrogen-fixing actinobacteria of the genus Frankia are symbionts of woody dicotyledonous plants termed actinorhizal plants. We report here a 5.27-Mbp draft genome sequence for Frankia sp. strain BMG5.23, a salt-tolerant nitrogen-fixing actinobacterium isolated from root nodules of Casuarina glauca collected in Tunisia.