Acinetobacter bohemicus strain:LMG 31308 Genome sequencing and assembly

Diverse bacteria under stress conditions produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) as intracellular storage granules. The synthesis, accumulation and recovery of these biopolyesters from urban bio-waste (e.g., biomass of municipal solid waste) have attracted high biotechnological interest in recent years (e.g., PHA-based bioplastics). However, some PHA producers can be facultative human pathogens, which can give rise to concern. For instance, PHA-producing strains belonging to Acinetobacter are known, but Acinetobacter is a genus with emerging opportunistic pathogens. Recently, we isolated PHA-producing bacterial strains from a sequencing batch reactor (SRB) for the production of PHA (ResUrbis Project; http://www.resurbis.eu). In this study, we describe the draft genome sequence of the PHA-producing Acinetobacter bohemicus LMG 31308. From the genomic data of A. bohemicus LMG 31308, we detected genes of the PHA biosynthetic pathway, which may provide new insight to improve the ongoing research on PHA biosynthesis.The costs for the Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) were supported by INAIL-DIT (PAR 2016-2018).