American Society for Microbiology, Genome Announcements, 6(2), 2014
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Here we report the 3.7-Mb draft genome sequence of Acetobacter tropicalis NBRC16470T, which can produce optically pure d-glyceric acid (d-GA; 99% enantiomeric excess) from raw glycerol feedstock derived from biodiesel fuel production processes. FOOTNOTES Address correspondence to Hiroshi Habe, hiroshi.habe{at}aist.go.jp. Citation Koike H, Sato S, Morita T, Fukuoka T, Habe H. 2014. Draft genome sequence of Acetobacter tropicalis type strain NBRC16470, a producer of optically pure d-glyceric acid. Genome Announc. 2(6):e01329-14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01329-14. Received 12 November 2014. Accepted 13 November 2014. Published 18 December 2014. Copyright © 2014 Koike et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.