title: Draft Genome Sequence of Arthrobacter sp. Strain SPG23, a Hydrocarbon-Degrading and Plant Growth-Promoting Soil Bacterium.
abstract: We report here the 4.7-Mb draft genome of Arthrobacter sp. SPG23, a hydrocarbonoclastic Gram-positive bacterium belonging to the Actinobacteria, isolated from diesel-contaminated soil at the Ford Motor Company site in Genk, Belgium. Strain SPG23 is a potent plant growth promoter useful for diesel fuel remediation applications based on plant-bacterium associations.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Panagiotis
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gkorezis
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Eric M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Bottos
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: Jonathan D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Van Hamme
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Sofie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Thijs
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rineau
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1279-9940
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Franzetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balseiro-Romero
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Nele
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Weyens
authors.affiliation: Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium jaco.vangronsveld@uhasselt.be.
authors.forename: Jaco
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vangronsveld