Table 5.

Genomic features and biotechnological potential of M. metallidurans TL13 compared to other Microbacterium species.

Strain	Origin	Genome length (Mb)	GC (%)	Pathways and genes of interest	Bioremediation potential	References
M. oleivorans strain Wellendorf	Hydrocarbon-contaminated soil	2.92	69.57	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation; Nitronate detoxification	Environmental pollutants detoxification	Avramov et al., 2016
Microbacterium sp. A20	Heavy metal contaminated soil (Indiana, USA)	3.94	68.53	Co/Zn/Cd efflux system; Tolerance to antibiotics; Chromium reductase (chrR)	Reduction of Cr VI into Cr III; Tolerance of cobalt, cadmium, and nickel	Learman et al., 2019
Microbacterium sp. K19		3.89	68.69
Microbacterium sp. K21		3.85	68.33
M. oxydans BEL4b	Rhizosphere of Brassica napus (Belgium)	3.8	68.27	Heavy metals resistance; Production of terpenoids Production of polyketides	Promoting plant growth in heavy metals contaminated soils	Corretto et al., 2015
M. Azadirachtae ARN176	Heavy metals contaminated Soil (Austria)	3.91	70.14
M. laevaniformans Strain OR221	Field Research Center (Tennessee, USA)	3.4	68	Heavy-metal transport proteins	Tolerance of heavy metals and acidic conditions	Brown et al., 2012
M. testaceum StLB037	Potato leaves (Japan)	3.98	70.28	Lactonases genes	Biocontrol agent against phytopathogens	Morohoshi et al., 2011
M. profundi Shh49	Sea sediment (Pacific Ocean)	3.36	66.54	Multicopper oxidases (MCOs); Mercuric reductase	Reduction of mercury in contaminated environments	Wu et al., 2015
M. metallidurans TL13	Tannery wastewater (Tunisia)	3.58	70.7	Genes involved in heavy metal resistance and plant growth promotion	Bioremediation of tannery wastewater and metal contaminated soil; Plant growth promotion under metallic stress	This work