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Draft genome sequence of Xenophilus sp. E41 isolated from an activated sludge reactor treating wastewater with high
Yusha Lei1, Jiayu Zhang1, Lijia Cao1
1Guangdong Provincial Engineering Research Center for Urban Water Recycling and Environmental Safety, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, China; School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
Objectives:
This study reports the draft genome sequence of Xenophilus sp. E41, a strain resistant to multiple antimicrobials isolated from an activated sludge reactor treating wastewater with a high cephalexin concentration.
Methods:
Genomic DNA of Xenophilus sp. E41 was extracted and sequenced using an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 system. The generated sequence reads were assembled using MEGAHIT in combination with SOAPdenovo. Mauve and CompareM were used to align the Xenophilus sp. E41 genome to other draft genomes of the genus Xenophilus in order to determine their evolutionary relationships. The draft genome was annotated using the Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology (RAST) server and the nr database, whilst antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) were identified using the SARG 2.0 database, RAST server and nr database.
Results:
Xenophilus sp. E41, with a genome length of 5919552bp, harbours seven types of ARGs involving resistance to β-lactams, tetracycline, aminoglycosides, sulfonamides, chloramphenicol, teicoplanin and bleomycin. No virulence factors or plasmids were identified.
Conclusion:
The genome sequence reported here will provide useful information for a better understanding of antimicrobial resistance profiles in this strain and the genus Xenophilus.
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