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Jonghyun Kim1, Soo Jung Kim1, Seon Hee Kim2
1Division of Life Science, Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), Daejeon, South Korea.
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|December 6, 2014
Abstract:
Sphingopyxis sp. strain MWB1, which is capable of degrading crude oil, diesel, and kerosene, was isolated from crude oil-contaminated seashore in Tae-an, South Korea. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of this strain, which comprises 3,118,428 bp with a G+C content of 62.85 mol%.
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