Draft Genome Assembly of Stutzerimonas sp. Strain S1 and Achromobacter spanius Strain S4, Two Syringol-Metabolizing
Daniel P Brink1, Elin M Larsson1,2, Javier García-Hidalgo1
1Division of Applied Microbiology, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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Abstract:
Two bacterial strains able to use syringol as a sole carbon source were isolated from compost. The isolates, named S1 and S4, were sequenced using the Illumina platform. The final assemblies contained 4.2 Mbp, 63% GC, and 3,912 genes for S1 and 6.2 Mbp, 64% GC, and 5,503 genes for S4.
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