Draft Genome Sequences of Five Cystobasidium ongulense Strains Isolated from Areas near Syowa Station, East Antarctica

• Published in: Microbiology Resource Announcements
• Main Authors: Tsuji, Masaharu, Ishihara, Jun-ichi, Gotoh, Yasuhiro, Hayashi, Tetsuya, Takahashi, Hiroki
• Other Authors: Stajich, Jason E., Institute for Fermentation, Osaka, MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, National Institute of Polar Research
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica; East Antarctica; East Ongul Island; Ongul Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00224-22; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mra.00224-22

Cystobasidium ongulense has been reported from East Ongul Island near Syowa Station, East Antarctica, as a new basidiomycetous yeast species. This species has cold active lipases and cellulases that are active even at subzero temperatures. We report draft genome sequences of five Cystobasidium ongulense strains isolated from East Antarctica.