Draft Genome Sequence of a Chlorinated-Ethene Degrader, Cupriavidus necator Strain PHE3-6 (NBRC 110655)

Kenta Yonezuka; Jun Shimodaira; Michiro Tabata; Shun Nagase; Daisuke Kasai; Akira Hosoyama; Atsushi Yamazoe; Nobuyuki Fujita; Masao Fukuda

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01743-15

Draft Genome Sequence of a Chlorinated-Ethene Degrader, Cupriavidus necator Strain PHE3-6 (NBRC 110655)

Genome Announc. 2016 Mar 3;4(2):e01743-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01743-15.

Authors

Kenta Yonezuka¹, Jun Shimodaira², Michiro Tabata¹, Shun Nagase¹, Daisuke Kasai¹, Akira Hosoyama², Atsushi Yamazoe², Nobuyuki Fujita², Masao Fukuda³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan.
² Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Nishihara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Bioengineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Kamitomioka, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan masao@vos.nagaokaut.ac.jp.

Abstract

Cupriavidus necator strain PHE3-6 grows on phenol as a sole carbon source and cometabolizes cis- and trans-dichloroethenes and trichloroethene. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of PHE3-6, which provides insights into the degradation system of phenol and chlorinated ethenes.