title: Complete genome sequence of Fictibacillus arsenicus G25-54, a strain with toxicity to nematodes.
abstract: Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) can infect almost all crops and cause huge economic losses in agriculture worldwide. An in-depth understanding of bacteria with nematicidal activity is essential for an effective and environmentally friendly control of RKNs. Fictibacillus arsenicus G25-54, a gram-positive and spore-forming bacterium isolated from a submerged sand bank, shows nematicidal activity against free-living Caenorhabditis elegans and RKNs. Here, we report the complete genome of F. arsenicus G25-54, which contains a circular chromosome and encodes ten potential nematicidal factors with twelve secondary metabolite gene clusters. Additionally, it encodes five arsenic resistance and transformation related proteins, which may provide the potential arsenic-resistance activity.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
authors.forename: Ziqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
authors.forename: Jinshui
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China.
authors.forename: Donghai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. Electronic address: m98sun@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000969:Antinematodal Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001406:Bacillaceae / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000187:drug effects; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000969:Antinematodal Agents
keywords: Arsenic-resistance; Caenorhabditis elegans; Complete genome; Fictibacillus arsenicus; Nematicidal factors; Root-knot nematodes