Draft genome sequencing to understand the responses to fatty alcohol in the Ralstonia sp. NT80 cells by comprehensive analysis.. Ralstonia sp. NT80

Extracellular lipase activity from Ralstonia sp. NT80 is induced significantly by fatty alcohols such as stearyl alcohol. We have found that EliA, which is induced concomitantly and abundantly in the culture supernatant by stearyl alcohol, facilitates the induction of lipase expression. However, the pathway by which stearyl alcohol induces lipase expression in Ralstonia sp. NT80 and the detailed function of EliA remain unclear. To understand the responses to fatty alcohol as well as the mechanisms for induction of lipase by fatty alcohol in the Ralstonia sp. NT80 by comprehensive analysis, the draft genome sequence was decoded.