Draft Genome Sequence of Heavy Metal-Resistant Cupriavidus alkaliphilus ASC-732T, Isolated from Agave Rhizosphere in the Northeast of Mexico

Author(s): Rojas-Rojas, FU; Huntemann, M; Clum, A; Pillay, M; Palaniappan, K; Varghese, N; Mikhailova, N; Stamatis, D; Reddy, TBK; Markowitz, V; Ivanova, N; Kyrpides, N; Woyke, T; Shapiro, N; Ibarra, JA; Estrada-de los Santos, P | Abstract: © 2016 Rojas-Rojas et al. Cupriavidus alkaliphilus ASC-732Twas isolated from the rhizosphere of agave plant growing in alkaline soils in San Carlos, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The species is able to grow in the presence of arsenic, zinc, and copper. The genome sequence of strain ASC-732Tis 6,125,055 bp with 5,586 genes and an average G+C content of 67.81%.