Draft Genome Sequence of the Chitin-Degrading Psychrotolerant Bacterium Pedobacter jejuensis TN23, Isolated from Antarctic Soil

• Published in: Microbiology Resource Announcements
• Main Authors: Cho, Ahnna, Cho, Yong-Joon, Kim, Ok-Sun
• Other Authors: Stewart, Frank J., Korea Polar Research Institute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2021
• Subjects: Genetics; Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous); Molecular Biology; Antarctic; Terra Nova Bay; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00523-21; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/MRA.00523-21

Pedobacter jejuensis TN23 was isolated from soil from Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The assembled draft genome size is 4,795,808 bp, and it contains a total of 4,095 genes with 3,970 coding sequences, including genes putatively involved in the degradation of chitin.