Whole genome sequence of Serratia marcescens 39_H1, a potential hydrolytic and acidogenic strain

• Main Authors: Linda U. Obi, Memory Tekere, Ashira Roopnarain, Tomasz Sanko, Tawanda E. Maguvu, Cornelius C. Bezuidenhout, Rasheed A. Adeleke
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
• Series: Biotechnology Reports
• Subjects: Serratia marcescens; Biogas; Hydrolysis; Whole genome sequence; Plant-growth-promotion
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215017X20304458

Here, we report a high quality annotated draft genome of Serratia marcescens 39_H1, a Gram-negative facultative anaerobe that was isolated from an anaerobic digester. The strain exhibited hydrolytic/acidogenic properties by significantly improving methane production when used as a single isolate inoculum during anaerobic digestion of water hyacinth and cow dung. The total genome size of the isolate was 5,106,712 bp which corresponds to an N50 of 267,528 and G + C content of 59.7 %. Genome annotation with the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline (PGAP) predicted a total of 4,908 genes of which 4,755 were protein coding genes; there were no plasmids detected. A number of genes associated with hydrolytic/acidogenic activities as well as other metabolic activities were identified and discussed.