title: Draft Genome Sequence of the Halophilic and Highly Halotolerant Gammaproteobacteria Strain MFB021.
abstract: We report the 4.25-Mbp first draft sequence of Gammaproteobacteria strain MFB021, a moderate halophile isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil in Cochin, India. The genome of the strain MFB021 was sequenced to understand the mechanism of hydrocarbon degradation and the halophilicity of the bacterium.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India tomscjoseph@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Toms C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Anju
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baby
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reghunathan
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Aswathy Mary
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Varghese
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Murugadas
authors.affiliation: Microbiology, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Lalitha