Draft Genome sequence of Frankia sp. Strain QA3, a nitrogen-fixing actinobacterium isolated from the root nodule of Alnus nitida

Journal Article · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013 · Genome Announcements

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00103-13· OSTI ID:1087480

Sen, Arnab ^[1]; Beauchemin, Nicholas ^[2]; Bruce, David ^[3]; Chain, Patrick S. G. ^[4]; Chen, Amy ^[5]; Davenport, Karen W. ^[3]; Deshpande, Shweta ^[5]; Detter, J. Chris ^[5]; Furnholm, Teal ^[2]; Ghodhbane-Gtari, Faten ^[2]; Goodwin, Lynne A. ^[3]; Gtari, Maher ^[2]; Han, James ^[5]; Huntemann, Marcel ^[5]; Ivanova, N ^[5]; Kyrpides, Nikos C ^[5]; Land, Miriam L ^[6]; Markowitz, Victor ^[5]; Mavromatis, K ^[5]; Nolan, Matt ^[5] ; Nouioui, Imen ^[7]; Pagani, Ioanna ^[5]; Pati, Amrita ^[5]; Pitluck, Sam ^[5]; Santos, Catarina ^[8]; Sur, Saubashya ^[1]; Szeto, Ernest ^[5]; Tavares, Fernando ^[8]; Teshima, Hazuki ^[3]; Thakur, Subarna ^[1]; Wall, Luis ^[9]; Woyke, Tanja ^[5]; Wishart, Jessie ^[2]; Tisa, Louis S. ^[2]

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1. University of North Bengal, Siliguri, India
2. University of New Hampshire
3. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
4. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
5. U.S. Department of Energy, Joint Genome Institute
6. ORNL
7. University of Tunis-El Manar, Tunisia
8. Instiuto Celular e Aplicada, Portugal
9. University of Quilmes, Argentina

Members of actinomycete genus Frankia form a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with 8 different families of actinorhizal plants. We report a high-quality draft genome sequence for Frankia sp. stain QA3, a nitrogen-fixing actinobacterium isolated from root nodules of Alnus nitida.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Work for Others (WFO)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1087480
• Journal Information: Genome Announcements, Vol. 1, Issue 2; ISSN 2169-8287
• Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English