Gordonia ajoucoccus strain A2, isolated from crude oil-contaminated soils, synthesizes yellow keto-γ-carotene from various n-alkanes as the sole carbon source. Its complete genome sequence consists of a single circular chromosome (5,090,254 bp, 67.3% G+C content). Seven putative genes were identified supporting the proposed keto-γ-carotene pathway of G. ajoucoccus A2.
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (grant number 2012M1A2A2026562) and the Priority Research Centers Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (grant number 2019R1A6A11051471). This research was also partially supported by the Ajou University research fund. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
