Dutta Geomicrobiology Lab has a new publication in Microbiology Resource Announcements.

Microbiology Resource Announcements: "Draft genome sequence of Rossellomorea marisflavi DL-A, a malathion-degrading bacterium."

Kiana Pillay is a undergraduate student who received a CURO award for this work. Her paper, published in Microbiology Resource Announcements, describes the whole-genome sequence of Rossellomorea marisflavi DL-A, a bacterium capable of degrading malathion, an insecticide previously detected in the North Oconee River, as reported in Gayatri's earlier publication. 

Authors: 

Kiana Pillay¹, Srimanti Duttagupta², Gayatri Basapuram2, Avishek Dutta^2,3 

          ^{1-Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA}

          ^{2-Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA}

          ^{3-Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, South Carolina, USA}

ABSTRACT

This study presents the draft genome of Rossellomorea marisflavi DL-A, a malathion-degrading bacterium isolated from the North Oconee River in Athens, GA, USA. The DL-A genome is 4.27 Mb in size and comprises 4,271 coding sequences with proteins.