Draft genome sequence of a novel actinobacterium from the family Intrasporangiaceae isolated from Signy Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Current Science
• Main Authors: Thomas, S.M., Convey, Peter, Gan, Han Ming, Pearce, David Anthony, Tan, Geok Yuan Annie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Indian Academy of Sciences 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history; Antarctic; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Spindrift Col; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/20473/; https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/115/09/1695.pdf; https://doi.org/10.18520/cs/v115/i9/1695-1696

Actinobacterium strain S63T isolated from a soil sample collected from Spindrift Col on Signy Island (South Orkney Islands, maritime Antarctic) is a new species of the Intrasporangiaceae family. Here we report a draft genome sequence with an approximate size of 5 Mbp contained in 54 contigs (69.33% GC content). Preliminary analysis revealed the presence of cold active protein coding sequences, which may indicate an adaptation to the harsh polar environment from which the strain was isolated.