title: Genome sequence of a nicotine-degrading strain of Arthrobacter.
abstract: We announce a 4.63-Mb genome assembly of an isolated bacterium that is the first sequenced nicotine-degrading Arthrobacter strain. Nicotine catabolism genes of the nicotine-degrading plasmid pAO1 were predicted, but plasmid function genes were not found. These results will help to better illustrate the molecular mechanism of nicotine degradation by Arthrobacter.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism and School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yuxiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Hongzhi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Huixue
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009538:Nicotine / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009538:Nicotine