Draft genome sequence of a novel actinobacterium from the family Intrasporangiaceae isolated from Signy Island, Antarctica
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Actinobacteria, Antarctic soil, Humibacil-lus.
Divisions
InstituteofBiologicalSciences
Funders
University of Malaya Research Grant (RP002E-13SUS & RP007-2012D),Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Flagship Grant (FP0712E012)
Publication Title
Current Science
Volume
115
Issue
9
Publisher
Indian Academy of Sciences