Complete genome of Zhongshania aliphaticivorans SM-2T, an aliphatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from tidal flat sediment

Zhongshania aliphaticivorans SM-2T, a degrader of aliphatic hydrocarbons, is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, flagellated, facultatively aerobic bacterium. Here, we report the genome sequence of strain SM-2T, which has a size of 4,204,359 bp with 44 tRNAs, 9 rRNAs, and 3664 protein-coding genes. In addition, several genes encoding aliphatic hydrocarbon degraders (alkane 1-monooxygenase, haloalkane dehalogenase, and cytochrome P450) were detected in the genome shedding light on the function of pollutants degradation.