Open AccessDraft Genome Sequence of the Extremely Desiccation-Tolerant Cyanobacterium Gloeocapsopsis sp. Strain AAB1
Author(s) -
Fernando Puente-Sánchez,
Carlos González-Silva,
Vı́ctor Parro,
Javier Tamames,
Armando AzuaBustos
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.00216-18
Subject(s) - biology , desiccation , strain (injury) , whole genome sequencing , desiccation tolerance , genome , genetics , botany , gene , anatomy
Gloeocapsopsis sp. strain AAB1 is an extremely desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium isolated from translucent quartz stones from the Atacama Desert (Chile). Here, we report its draft genome sequence, which consists of 137 contigs with an ∼5.4-Mb genome size. The annotation revealed 5,641 coding DNA sequences, 38 tRNA genes, and 5 rRNA genes.