GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS Complete Genome Sequence of the Diesel-Degrading

The genus Acinetobacter is ubiquitous in soil, aquatic, and sediment environments and includes pathogenic strains, such as A. baumannii. Many Acinetobacter species isolated from various environments have biotech-nological potential since they are capable of degrading a variety of pollutants. Acinetobacter sp. strain DR1 has been identified as a diesel degrader. Here we report the complete genome sequence of Acinetobacter sp. DR1 isolated from the soil of a rice paddy. The genus Acinetobacter appears to be metabolically versa-tile and has the ability to degrade aliphatic hydrocarbon, thus making it an organism of interest for its possible bioremedia-tional potential (9). Despite its biotechnological potential, the majority of genome projects conducted with Acinetobacter spe-cies have focused on pathogenic strains of A. baumannii. Cur-rently, the only available whole-genome sequence of environ-mental isolates is that of A. baylyi ADP1 (2). Acinetobacter sp. strain DR1 was isolated from the soil of rice paddies, located in Deok-So (Korea University Agricultural Station), in th