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

• Published in: Standards in Genomic Sciences
• Main Authors: Goordial, Jacqueline, Raymond-Bouchard, Isabelle, Ronholm, Jennifer, Shapiro, Nicole, Woyke, Tanja, Whyte, Lyle, Bakermans, Corien
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1627068; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1627068; https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-015-0043-8

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 5.28 Mb 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.