Complete genome sequence of Enterobacter sp. IIT-BT 08: A potential microbial strain for high rate hydrogen production.

Authors: Khanna, Namita and Ghosh, Ananta Kumar and Huntemann, Marcel and Deshpande, Shweta and Han, James and Chen, Amy and Kyrpides, Nikos and Mavrommatis, Kostas and Szeto, Ernest and Markowitz, Victor and Ivanova, Natalia and Pagani, Ioanna and Pati, Amrita and Pitluck, Sam and Nolan, Matt and Woyke, Tanja and Teshima, Hazuki and Chertkov, Olga and Daligault, Hajnalka and Davenport, Karen and Gu, Wei and Munk, Christine and Zhang, Xiaojing and Bruce, David and Detter, Chris and Xu, Yan and Quintana, Beverly and Reitenga, Krista and Kunde, Yulia and Green, Lance and Erkkila, Tracy and Han, Cliff and Brambilla, Evelyne-Marie and Lang, Elke and Klenk, Hans-Peter and Goodwin, Lynne and Chain, Patrick and Das, Debabrata

Enterobacter sp. IIT-BT 08 belongs to Phylum: Proteobacteria, Class: Gammaproteobacteria, Order: Enterobacteriales, Family: Enterobacteriaceae. The organism was isolated from the leaves of a local plant near the Kharagpur railway station, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. It has been extensively studied for fermentative hydrogen production because of its high hydrogen yield. For further enhancement of hydrogen production by strain development, complete genome sequence analysis was carried out. Sequence analysis revealed that the genome was linear, 4.67 Mbp long and had a GC content of 56.01%. The genome properties encode 4,393 protein-coding and 179 RNA genes. Additionally, a putative pathway of hydrogen production was suggested based on the presence of formate hydrogen lyase complex and other related genes identified in the genome. Thus, in the present study we describe the specific properties of the organism and the generation, annotation and analysis of its genome sequence as well as discuss the putative pathway of hydrogen production by this organism.

Journal: Standards in genomic sciences
DOI: 10.4056/sigs.4348035
Year: 2013

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