Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus sp. Strain ATCC 49988, a Quinoline-Degrading Bacterium

Nidhi Gupta; Kelly A Skinner; Zarath M Summers; Janaka N Edirisinghe; José P Faria; Christopher W Marshall; Anukriti Sharma; Neil R Gottel; Jack A Gilbert; Christopher S Henry; Edward J O'Loughlin

doi:10.1128/MRA.00403-19

Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus sp. Strain ATCC 49988, a Quinoline-Degrading Bacterium

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jun 20;8(25):e00403-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00403-19.

Authors

Nidhi Gupta^{1

2}, Kelly A Skinner¹, Zarath M Summers³, Janaka N Edirisinghe^{1

2}, José P Faria^{1

2}, Christopher W Marshall¹, Anukriti Sharma², Neil R Gottel², Jack A Gilbert^{1

2}, Christopher S Henry^{1

2}, Edward J O'Loughlin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Argonne National Lab (ANL), Argonne, Illinois, USA.
² University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
³ ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company, Annandale, New Jersey, USA.
⁴ Argonne National Lab (ANL), Argonne, Illinois, USA [email protected].

Abstract

We report here the 4.9-Mb genome sequence of a quinoline-degrading bacterium, Rhodococcus sp. strain ATCC 49988. The draft genome data will enable the identification of genes and future genetic modification to enhance traits relevant to heteroaromatic compound degradation.