Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas sp. Strain Chol1, a Model Organism for the Degradation of Bile Salts and Other Steroid Compounds

Johannes Holert; Intikhab Alam; Michael Larsen; André Antunes; Vladimir B Bajic; Ulrich Stingl; Bodo Philipp

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00014-12

Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas sp. Strain Chol1, a Model Organism for the Degradation of Bile Salts and Other Steroid Compounds

Genome Announc. 2013 Jan;1(1):e00014-12. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00014-12. Epub 2013 Jan 15.

Authors

Johannes Holert¹, Intikhab Alam, Michael Larsen, André Antunes, Vladimir B Bajic, Ulrich Stingl, Bodo Philipp

Affiliation

¹ University of Münster, Institute of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Münster, Germany.

Abstract

Bacterial degradation of steroid compounds is of high ecological and biotechnological relevance. Pseudomonas sp. strain Chol1 is a model organism for studying the degradation of the steroid compound cholate. Its draft genome sequence is presented and reveals one gene cluster responsible for the metabolism of steroid compounds.