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SUBMITTER: Likhoshvay A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4227987 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
SpringerPlus 20141021
<h4>Background</h4>Rhodococci are bacteria able to degrade a wide range of hydrocarbons, including the alkanes present in crude oil, due to alk genes in their genomes.<h4>Findings</h4>Genome sequencing of DNA from Rhodococcus erythropolis strain 4 (obtained from a deep-water bitumen mound) revealed four alk genes, and the predicted amino acid sequences coded by these genes were highly conserved, having sections up to 11 amino acid residues.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Obtained four genes from Rhodococcus ...[more]