Genome Sequence of Halomonas sp. Strain MCTG39a, a Hydrocarbon-Degrading and Exopolymeric Substance-Producing Bacterium

Tony Gutierrez; William B Whitman; Marcel Huntemann; Alex Copeland; Amy Chen; Nikos Kyrpides; Victor Markowitz; Manoj Pillay; Natalia Ivanova; Natalia Mikhailova; Galina Ovchinnikova; Evan Andersen; Amrita Pati; Dimitrios Stamatis; T B K Reddy; Chew Yee Ngan; Mansi Chovatia; Chris Daum; Nicole Shapiro; Michael N Cantor; Tanja Woyke

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00793-15

Genome Sequence of Halomonas sp. Strain MCTG39a, a Hydrocarbon-Degrading and Exopolymeric Substance-Producing Bacterium

Genome Announc. 2015 Jul 16;3(4):e00793-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00793-15.

Authors

Tony Gutierrez¹, William B Whitman², Marcel Huntemann³, Alex Copeland³, Amy Chen³, Nikos Kyrpides³, Victor Markowitz³, Manoj Pillay³, Natalia Ivanova³, Natalia Mikhailova³, Galina Ovchinnikova³, Evan Andersen³, Amrita Pati³, Dimitrios Stamatis³, T B K Reddy³, Chew Yee Ngan³, Mansi Chovatia³, Chris Daum³, Nicole Shapiro³, Michael N Cantor³, Tanja Woyke³

Affiliations

¹ School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom tony.gutierrez@hw.ac.uk.
² Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
³ DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA.

Abstract

Halomonas sp. strain MCTG39a was isolated from coastal sea surface water based on its ability to utilize n-hexadecane. During growth in marine medium the strain produces an amphiphilic exopolymeric substance (EPS) amended with glucose, which emulsifies a variety of oil hydrocarbon substrates. Here, we present the genome sequence of this strain, which is 4,979,193 bp with 4,614 genes and an average G+C content of 55.0%.