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ArticleStandards in genomic sciences2013

Permanent draft genome sequence of Comamonas testosteroni KF-1.

Michael Weiss, Anna I Kesberg, Kurt M Labutti, Sam Pitluck, David Bruce, Loren Hauser, Alex Copeland, Tanja Woyke, Stephen Lowry, Susan Lucas and 7 more

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Article in Standards in genomic sciences, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Genomic and taxonomic characterization of the Comamonas sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from Brazilian Cerrado soil.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2025
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  12. The Core- and Pan-Genomic Analyses of the GenusFrontiers in microbiology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Michael WeissDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Konstanz, Germany ; Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology, University of Konstanz, Germany.
Anna I Kesberg
Kurt M Labutti
Sam Pitluck
David Bruce
Loren Hauser
Alex Copeland
Tanja Woyke
Stephen Lowry
Susan Lucas
Miriam Land
Lynne Goodwin
Staffan Kjelleberg
Alasdair M Cook
Matthias Buhmann
Torsten Thomas
David Schleheck

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comamonas testosteroni KF-1 is a model organism for the elucidation of the novel biochemical degradation pathways for xenobiotic 4-sulfophenylcarboxylates (SPC) formed during biodegradation of synthetic 4-sulfophenylalkane surfactants (linear alkylbenzenesulfonates, LAS) by bacterial communities. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. The 6,026,527 bp long chromosome (one sequencing gap) exhibits an average G+C content of 61.79% and is predicted to encode 5,492 protein-coding genes and 114 RNA genes.

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aerobicComamonadaceaeComamonas testosteroni KF-1Gram-negativexenobiotic surfactant biodegradation

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PMID23991256
PMCPMC3746432

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