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Genome Sequence Analysis of Enterobacter sp. C6, Found in the Pitcher Fluids of Sarracenia rosea.

ABSTRACT: An unclassified Enterobacter strain was isolated from the pitcher fluids of a Sarracenia rosea pitcher plant growing at Splinter Hill Bog in Alabama. Its genome was sequenced using the Illumina platform. A genome assembly of 4,673,815?bp was obtained. In total, 4,646 protein-encoding sequences and 72 RNA genes are predicted from this assembly.

SUBMITTER: Zhang S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6965575 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome Sequence Analysis of Enterobacter sp. C6, Found in the Pitcher Fluids of Sarracenia rosea.

Zhang Shumeng S Chaluvadi Srinivasa R SR Bennetzen Jeffrey L JL

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An unclassified Enterobacter strain was isolated from the pitcher fluids of a Sarracenia rosea pitcher plant growing at Splinter Hill Bog in Alabama. Its genome was sequenced using the Illumina platform. A genome assembly of 4,673,815 bp was obtained. In total, 4,646 protein-encoding sequences and 72 RNA genes are predicted from this assembly. ...[more]

PMID: 31948957

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