Publications by authors named "Aswathy Mary Varghese"

Article Synopsis
  • Mangrovibacter sp. MFB070 is a Gram-negative, nitrogen-fixing bacterium found in an aquaculture farm in Cochin, India.
  • The first draft genome sequence of this bacterium has been reported, contributing to understanding the evolutionary position of the Mangrovibacter genus.
  • The genome is composed of 5,361,682 base pairs, containing 4,971 predicted coding sequences organized into 57 contigs.
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We report the 4.25-Mbp first draft sequence of Gammaproteobacteria strain MFB021, a moderate halophile isolated from petroleum-contaminated soil in Cochin, India. The genome of the strain MFB021 was sequenced to understand the mechanism of hydrocarbon degradation and the halophilicity of the bacterium.

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