Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingobium chinhatense Strain IP26T, Isolated from a Hexachlorocyclohexane Dumpsite

N.N. and N.S. contributed equally to this article. Sphingobium chinhatense strain IP26T is a conducive hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) degrader isolated from a heavily contami-nated (450 mgHCH/g soil) HCH dumpsite. IP26T degrades-,-, -, and -HCH, which are highly persistent in the environ-ment. Here we report the draft genome sequence (~5.8 Mbp) of this strain