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SUBMITTER: Bartholomaus A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9387258 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Microbiology resource announcements 20220718 8
The Gram-positive bacterium Nocardioides alcanivorans NGK65<sup>T</sup> was isolated from plastic-polluted soil and cultivated on medium with polyethylene as the single carbon source. Nanopore sequencing revealed the presence of candidate enzymes for the biodegradation of polyethylene. Here, we report the draft genome of this newly described member of the terrestrial plastisphere. ...[more]