Permanent Draft Genome Sequence of Frankia sp. Strain BR, a Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated from the Root Nodules of Casuarina equisetifolia

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Authors

Timothy D'Angelo, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Rediet Oshone, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Feseha Abebe-Akele, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Stephen Simpson, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Krystalynne Morris, University of New Hampshire, Durham
W. Kelley Thomas, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Louis S. Tisa, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow

Abstract

Frankia sp. strain BR is a member of Frankia lineage Ic and is able to reinfect plants of the Casuarinaceae family. Here, we report a 5.2-Mbp draft genome sequence with a G+C content of 70.0% and 4,777 candidate protein-encoding genes.

Department

Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences

Publication Date

9-15-2016

Journal Title

Genome Announcements

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01000-16

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

D’Angelo, T, R. Oshone, F. Abebe-Akele, S. Simpson, K. Morris, W. K. Thomas, and L. S. Tisa. 2016. Permanent Draft Genome Sequence for Frankia sp. Strain BR, a Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated from the Root Nodules of Casuarina equisetifolia. Genome Announc 4(5):e01000-16 doi:10.1128/genomeA.01000-16.

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© 2016 D'Angelo et al.

Comments

This is an article published by American Society for Microbiology in Genome Announcements in 2016, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01000-16