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Published on: August 20, 2021
Draft genome sequence of strain MC1A, a UV-resistant bacterium isolated from dry soil in Puerto Rico
Mara F Cuebas-Irizarry1, Jariselle M Pietri-Toro1, Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez1
1Biology Department, Box 9000, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez 00681, Puerto Rico.
Abstract:
We report here the draft genome sequence of a novel UV-resistant bacterium isolated from dry soil on the south coast of Puerto Rico. Based on polyphasic taxonomy, strain MC1A represents a new species and the name Solirubrum puertoriconensis is proposed. Assembly was performed using NGEN Assembler into eight contigs (N50 = 1,292,788), the largest of which included 1,549,887 bp. The draft genome consists of 4,810,875 bp and has a GC content of 58.7%. Several genes related to DNA repair and UV resistance were found. The Whole Genome Shotgun project is available at DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under the accession LNAL00000000.
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