Complete Genome Sequence of Yellow Pigment-Producing Sphingobium sp. Strain HAL-16

• Published in: Microbiology Resource Announcements
• Main Authors: Kwon, Soon Jae, Lee, Pyung Cheon
• Other Authors: Stedman, Kenneth M., National Research Foundation of Korea
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
• Subjects: Genetics; Immunology and Microbiology (miscellaneous); Molecular Biology; Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.00985-20; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/MRA.00985-20

Sphingobium sp. strain HAL-16, which was isolated from Antarctic soil samples, synthesizes a yellow pigment. The complete genome consists of a single circular chromosome (4,372,398 bp, with a G+C content of 62.7%) and a single circular plasmid (57,025 bp, with a G+C content of 59.4%). Five genes encoding carotenogenic enzymes were identified, suggesting that the yellow pigment is a hydroxy/keto-β-carotene.