Draft genome of the marine bacterium Alteromonas gracilis strain J4 isolated from the green coenocytic alga Caulerpa prolifera

Hannah J van Duijnhoven; Nina Dombrowski; Peter Kuperus; Tânia Aires; Márcio A G Coelho; João Silva; Gerard Muyzer; Aschwin H Engelen

doi:10.1128/mra.00184-24

Draft genome of the marine bacterium Alteromonas gracilis strain J4 isolated from the green coenocytic alga Caulerpa prolifera

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Jul 18;13(7):e0018424. doi: 10.1128/mra.00184-24. Epub 2024 Jun 11.

Authors

Hannah J van Duijnhoven¹, Nina Dombrowski², Peter Kuperus², Tânia Aires¹, Márcio A G Coelho¹, João Silva¹, Gerard Muyzer², Aschwin H Engelen¹

Affiliations

¹ Centre of Marine Sciences (CCMAR/CIMAR LA), Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, Faro, Portugal.
² Microbial Systems Ecology, Department of Freshwater and Marine Ecology, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Abstract

Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Alteromonas gracilis strain J4, isolated from the green macroalga Caulerpa prolifera. The draft genome is 4,492,914 bp in size and contains 4,719 coding DNA sequences, 67 tRNAs, and 16 rRNA-coding genes. Strain J4 may exhibit host growth-promoting properties.

Keywords: growth-promoting bacteria; interspecific competition; marine microbiology; plant-microbe interactions; whole-genome sequencing.