Draft Genome Sequence of the Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Degrading Bacterium Cupriavidus basilensis KF708 (NBRC 110671) Isolated from Biphenyl-Contaminated Soil.

Hikaru Suenaga
Atsushi Yamazoe
Akira Hosoyama
Nobutada Kimura
Jun Hirose
Takahito Watanabe
Hidehiko Fujihara
Taiki Futagami
Masatoshi Goto
Kensuke Furukawa

We report the draft genome sequence of Cupriavidus basilensis KF708 (NBRC 110671), which utilizes biphenyl as a sole carbon source and degrades polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The KF708 strain possesses genes for biphenyl catabolism and other genes involved in various aromatic compounds.

Genome announcements

American Society for Microbiology

10.1128/genomeA.00143-15

https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00143-15
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25792061
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4395071