Genome Sequence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia RR-10, Isolated as

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an endophyte which plays important roles in agricultural production as a plant growth-promoting bacterium. Here, we present the draft genome sequence of strain RR-10, which was isolated from a rice root in a rice field of China. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, formerly Xanthomonas malto-philia (10), is widely found on or in plants and has a worldwide distribution (2). Although S.maltophilia is also known as the third most common of the nosocomial nonfermenting Gram-negative bacilli that cause human disease as a result of its ability to colonize immunocompromised patients (1, 11, 12), many strains of this species can produce antibiotics that protect plants, as well as gen-erate factors that can promote plant growth (3, 4), and have long been used for biocontrol in agriculture. S. maltophilia has been isolated as a beneficial bacterial species from the roots of many plant species, including rice (8). Strains of S. maltophilia not only produce volatile organic compounds with antifungal activity but also have an extraordinarily high hydrolytic potential (11). Bot