Draft genome sequence of Rhodococcus sp. strain M8, which can degrade a broad range of nitriles.

Authors: Novikov, Andrey D and Lavrov, Konstantin V and Kasianov, Artem S and Gerasimova, Tatyana V and Yanenko, Alexander S

Rhodococcus sp. strain M8 is a nitrile-degrading bacterium isolated from acrylonitrile-contaminated sites. This strain produces the enzymes for sequential nitrile degradation, cobalt-type nitrile hydratase, and amidase in large amounts. Its draft genome sequence, announced here, has an estimated size of 6.3 Mbp.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01526-17
Year: 2018

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