Draft Genome Sequence of the Broad-Spectrum Xenobiotic Degrader Achromobacter xylosoxidans ADAF13

Rupa Iyer; Ashish Damania

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00203-16

Draft Genome Sequence of the Broad-Spectrum Xenobiotic Degrader Achromobacter xylosoxidans ADAF13

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 14;4(2):e00203-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00203-16.

Authors

Rupa Iyer¹, Ashish Damania²

Affiliations

¹ Center for Life Sciences Technology, College of Technology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA riyer@uh.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

Achromobacter xylosoxidansADAF13, isolated from farmland soil, possesses a large number of putative degradation genes and pathways that break down a wide variety of aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, endocrine disruptors, and other high-impact xenobiotics. These properties make this strain an excellent candidate for further development as a broad-spectrum bioremediation agent.

Grants and funding

Funding for this work was provided for by the National Science Foundation (award no. 1505403). The NSF had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.