Genome sequence of Gordonia alkaliphila strain WW102, isolated from influent wastewater at a research center with multiple-species research animal facilities

Sung Guk Kim; Mariela Reyna; Miseon Park; Sharon X Wang; Steven L Foley

doi:10.1128/MRA.00492-23

Genome sequence of Gordonia alkaliphila strain WW102, isolated from influent wastewater at a research center with multiple-species research animal facilities

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Oct 19;12(10):e0049223. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00492-23. Epub 2023 Sep 28.

Authors

Sung Guk Kim¹, Mariela Reyna¹, Miseon Park², Sharon X Wang¹, Steven L Foley²

Affiliations

¹ Surveillance/Diagnostic Laboratory, Office of Scientific Coordination, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
² Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.

Abstract

Gordonia alkaliphila is a little known mesophilic Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium. We report the 3.85-Mbp genome sequence of G. alkaliphila strain WW102, isolated from wastewater at a research center with multiple-species laboratory animal facilities. The genome predicted FadD32 gene clusters that are involved in the biosynthesis of mycolic acids as found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Keywords: Gordonia alkaliphila; genome sequence; mycolic acids; wastewater.