Draft Genome Sequences for the Frankia sp. strains CgS1, CcI156 and CgMI4, Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Isolated from Casuarina sp. in Egypt

Samira Mansour; Erik Swanson; Céline Pesce; Stephen Simpson; Krystalynne Morris; W Kelley Thomas; Louis S Tisa

doi:10.7150/jgen.51181

Draft Genome Sequences for the Frankia sp. strains CgS1, CcI156 and CgMI4, Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Isolated from Casuarina sp. in Egypt

J Genomics. 2020 Sep 23:8:84-88. doi: 10.7150/jgen.51181. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Samira Mansour¹, Erik Swanson², Céline Pesce^{2

3}, Stephen Simpson², Krystalynne Morris², W Kelley Thomas², Louis S Tisa²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt.
² University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA.
³ Present address: HM Clause, Davis, California, USA.

Abstract

Frankia sp. strains CgS1, CcI156 and CgMI4 were isolated from Casuarina glauca and C. cunninghamiana nodules. Here, we report the 5.26-, 5.33- and 5.20-Mbp draft genome sequences of Frankia sp. strains CgS1, CcI156 and CgMI4, respectively. Analysis of the genome revealed the presence of high numbers of secondary metabolic biosynthetic gene clusters.

Keywords: actinobacteria; actinorhizal symbiosis; genomes; host microbe interactions; natural products; nitrogen fixation; salt tolerance.