Open AccessDraft Genome Sequence of the Steroid Degrader Rhodococcus ruber Strain Chol-4
Author(s) -
Laura Fernández de las Heras,
Sergio Alonso,
Antonio de la Vega de León,
Daniela Xavier,
Julián Perera,
Juana María Navarro Lloréns
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.00215-13
Subject(s) - biology , whole genome sequencing , strain (injury) , genetics , genome , computational biology , gene , anatomy
The whole-genome shotgun sequence of Rhodococcus ruber strain Chol-4 is presented here. This organism was shown to be able to grow using many steroids as the sole carbon and energy sources. These sequence data will help us to further explore the metabolic abilities of this versatile degrader.