Improved-high-quality draft genome sequence of Rhodococcus sp. JG-3, a eurypsychrophilic Actinobacteria from Antarctic Dry Valley permafrost

The actinobacterium Rhodococcus sp. JG-3 is an aerobic, eurypsychrophilic, soil bacterium isolated from permafrost in the hyper arid Upper Dry Valleys of Antarctica. It is yellow pigmented, gram positive, moderately halotolerant and capable of growth from 30°C down to at least -5°C. The 5.28Mb high-...

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Published in:Standards in Genomic Sciences
Main Authors: Goordial, Jacqueline, Raymond-Bouchard, Isabelle, Ronholm, Jennifer, Shapiro, Nicole, Woyke, Tanja, Whyte, Lyle, Bakermans, Corien
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: eScholarship, University of California 2015
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Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/65q1b76f
https://escholarship.org/content/qt65q1b76f/qt65q1b76f.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-015-0043-8
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Summary:The actinobacterium Rhodococcus sp. JG-3 is an aerobic, eurypsychrophilic, soil bacterium isolated from permafrost in the hyper arid Upper Dry Valleys of Antarctica. It is yellow pigmented, gram positive, moderately halotolerant and capable of growth from 30°C down to at least -5°C. The 5.28Mb high-quality-draft genome is arranged into 6 scaffolds, containing 9 contigs and 4998 protein coding genes, with 64% GC content. Increasing the availability of genome sequences from cold-adapted species is crucial to gaining a better understanding of the molecular traits of cold adaptation in microbes.