Draft Genome Sequence of Exiguobacterium sp. KKBO11, Isolated Downstream of a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Houston, Texas

Rupa Iyer; Ashish Damania

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00681-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Exiguobacterium sp. KKBO11, Isolated Downstream of a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Houston, Texas

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 21;4(4):e00681-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00681-16.

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-Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

Exiguobacterium sp. KKBO11, isolated near a wastewater treatment plant in Houston, Texas, USA, possesses a large number of genes involved in stress response and transport critical to survival in adverse environmental conditions. An unusually high copy number of RNA genes also possibly contributes to this microorganism's versatility by promoting nutrient uptake.

Grants and funding

Funding for this work was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) (award no. 1505403).