Genome sequence of a novel indigo-producing strain, Pseudomonas monteilii QM
Qiao Ma1, Yuanyuan Qu, Hongzhi Tang
1State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals and Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China.
Journal of Bacteriology
|July 31, 2012
Abstract:
Pseudomonas monteilii is a versatile bacterium found in various niches. A newly isolated strain, P. monteilii QM, can effectively produce indigoids from indoles. Here we present a 5.76-Mb assembly of the P. monteilii genome for the first time. It may provide abundant molecular information for the transformation of aromatics.
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