Genome Assembly of Azotobacter chroococcum Strain W5, a Free-Living Diazotroph Isolated from India

Annapurna Kannepalli; Kedharnath Reddy Pengani; Jeshima Khan Yasin; Sangeeta Paul; Swati Tyagi; Govindasamy Venkadasamy; Meenakshi Sharma; Swarnalakshmi Karivaradharajan

doi:10.1128/MRA.00259-20

Genome Assembly of Azotobacter chroococcum Strain W5, a Free-Living Diazotroph Isolated from India

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 May 14;9(20):e00259-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00259-20.

Authors

Annapurna Kannepalli¹, Kedharnath Reddy Pengani², Jeshima Khan Yasin³, Sangeeta Paul², Swati Tyagi², Govindasamy Venkadasamy², Meenakshi Sharma², Swarnalakshmi Karivaradharajan²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India [email protected].
² Division of Microbiology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India.
³ Division of Genomic Resources, ICAR-NBPGR, PUSA Campus, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

Azotobacter chroococcum strain W5 (MTCC 25045) is an effective diazotrophic bacterium with plant growth-promoting traits. Here, we report the draft genome assembly of this biologically and agronomically evaluated A. chroococcum strain. The genome assembly in 55 contigs is 4,617,864 bp long, with a G+C content of 66.83%.