title: Genome sequence of the welan gum-producing strain Sphingomonas sp. ATCC 31555.
abstract: Sphingomonas sp. strain ATCC 31555 can produce an anionic heteropolysaccharide, welan gum, which shows excellent stability and viscosity retention even at high temperatures. Here we present a 4.0-Mb assembly of its genome sequence. We have annotated 10 coding sequences (CDSs) responsible for the welan gum biosynthesis and 55 CDSs related to monosaccharide metabolism.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism & School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Zhonghui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gai
authors.forename: Hongzhi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D053898:Biosynthetic Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020578:Sphingomonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; C068570:welan