Draft Genome Sequence of Rhizobium sp. GHKF11, Isolated from Farmland Soil in Pecan Grove, Texas

Rupa Iyer; Ashish Damania

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00682-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Rhizobium sp. GHKF11, Isolated from Farmland Soil in Pecan Grove, Texas

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 21;4(4):e00682-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00682-16.

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

Rhizobium sp. GHKF11 is an organophosphate-degrading bacterial strain that was isolated from farmland soil in Pecan Grove, Texas, USA. In addition to a capacity for pesticide degradation, GHKF11 shares conserved traits with other Rhizobium spp., including heavy metal resistance and transport genes that may have significant agricultural biotechnology applications.

Grants and funding

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