The complete multipartite genome sequence of Cupriavidus necator JMP134, a versatile pollutant degrader.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cupriavidus necator JMP134 is a Gram-negative beta-proteobacterium able to grow on a variety of aromatic and chloroaromatic compounds as its sole carbon and energy source.

Methodology/principal findings

Its genome consists of four replicons (two chromosomes and two plasmids) containing a total of 6631 protein coding genes. Comparative analysis identified 1910 core genes common to the four genomes compared (C. necator JMP134, C. necator H16, C. metallidurans CH34, R. solanacearum GMI1000). Although secondary chromosomes found in the Cupriavidus, Ralstonia, and Burkholderia lineages are all derived from plasmids, analyses of the plasmid partition proteins located on those chromosomes indicate that different plasmids gave rise to the secondary chromosomes in each lin

SUBMITTER: Lykidis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2842291 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature