# Draft genomes of Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain J1 and Trichlorobacter lovleyi strain J2 from a tetrachloroethene-dechlorinating consortium

## TL;DR

Scientists reconstructed two bacterial genomes from a group that can break down a toxic chemical into a harmless form.

## Contribution

The study provides new draft genomes of two bacteria involved in dechlorinating tetrachloroethene.

## Key findings

- Two draft genomes were assembled from a dechlorinating bacterial consortium.
- The genomes belong to Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain J1 and Trichlorobacter lovleyi strain J2.
- The genomes encode 1,448 and 3,630 genes, respectively.

## Abstract

Two metagenome-assembled genomes were recovered from an anaerobic consortium capable of complete reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to ethene. The draft genomes, assigned to Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain J1 and Trichlorobacter lovleyi strain J2, are 1.37 and 3.84 Mb in size and encode 1,448 and 3,630 genes, respectively.