title: Draft genome sequence of phenol degrading Acinetobacter sp. Strain V2, isolated from oil contaminated soil.
abstract: We report here the draft genome sequence of Acinetobacter sp. Strain V2 isolated from the oil contaminated soil collected from ENGEN, Amanzimtoti, South Africa. Degradation of phenolic compounds such as phenol, toluene, aniline etc. at 400ppm in 24h and oil degrading capability makes this organism an efficient multifunctional bioremediator. Genome sequencing of Acinetobacter spp. V2 was carried out on Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform (performed by the Beijing Genomics Institute [BGI], Shenzhen, China). The data obtained revealed 643 contigs with genome size of 4.0 Mb and G+C content of 38.59%.
authors.affiliation: University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville), School of Life Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Durban, South Africa.
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: University of KwaZulu-Natal (Westville), School of Life Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Durban, South Africa. Electronic address: linj@ukzn.ac.za.
authors.forename: Johnson
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001482:Base Composition; D001711:Biotransformation; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D009821:Oils / Q000378:metabolism*; D010636:Phenols / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000378:metabolism; D013019:South Africa
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D009821:Oils; D010636:Phenols; D012989:Soil Pollutants
keywords: Acinetobacter; Oil contaminated soil; Phenol degradation; Whole genome sequencing