Draft Genome Sequence of Frankia Strain G2, a Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated from Casuarina equisetifolia and Able To Nodulate Actinorhizal Plants of the Order Rhamnales

Imen Nouioui , Maher Gtari , Markus Göker , Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari , Louis S. Tisa , Maria P. Fernandez (1) , Philippe Normand (1) , Marcel Huntemann , Alicia Clum , Manoj Pillay , Neha Varghese , T. B. K. Reddy , Natalia Ivanova , Tanja Woyke , Nikos C. Kyrpides , Hans-Peter Klenk

1 LEM - Laboratoire d'Ecologie Microbienne - UMR 5557

Frankia sp. strain G2 was originally isolated from Casuarina equisetifolia and is characterized by its ability to nodulate actinorhizal plants of the Rhamnales order, but not its original host. It represents one of the largest Frankia genomes so far sequenced (9.5 Mbp).

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Imen Nouioui, Maher Gtari, Markus Göker, Faten Ghodhbane-Gtari, Louis S. Tisa, et al.. Draft Genome Sequence of Frankia Strain G2, a Nitrogen-Fixing Actinobacterium Isolated from Casuarina equisetifolia and Able To Nodulate Actinorhizal Plants of the Order Rhamnales. Genome Announcements, 2016, 4 (3), pp.e00437-16. ⟨10.1128/genomeA.00437-16⟩. ⟨hal-02466001⟩