Complete genome sequence of N2-fixing model strain Klebsiella sp. nov. M5al, which produces plant cell wall-degrading enzymes and siderophores.
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SUBMITTER: Yu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5723360 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
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Complete genome sequence of N<sub>2</sub>-fixing model strain <i>Klebsiella</i> sp. nov. M5al, which produces plant cell wall-degrading enzymes and siderophores.
Yu Zhili Z Li Shuying S Li Yuanyuan Y Jiang Zhuang Z Zhou Jinru J An Qianli Q
Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 20171122
The bacterial strain M5al is a model strain for studying the molecular genetics of N<sub>2</sub>-fixation and molecular engineering of microbial production of platform chemicals 1,3-propanediol and 2,3-butanediol. Here, we present the complete genome sequence of the strain M5al, which belongs to a novel species closely related to <i>Klebsiella michiganensis</i>. M5al secretes plant cell wall-degrading enzymes and colonizes rice roots but does not cause soft rot disease. M5al also produces sidero ...[more]
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