Genome Sequence and Methylation Patterns of Halorubrum sp. Strain BOL3-1, the First Haloarchaeon Isolated and Cultured from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Priya DasSarma; Brian P Anton; Satyajit DasSarma; Victoria J Laye; Daniel Guzman; Richard J Roberts; Shiladitya DasSarma

doi:10.1128/MRA.00386-19

Genome Sequence and Methylation Patterns of Halorubrum sp. Strain BOL3-1, the First Haloarchaeon Isolated and Cultured from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 May 9;8(19):e00386-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00386-19.

Authors

Priya DasSarma¹, Brian P Anton², Satyajit DasSarma¹, Victoria J Laye¹, Daniel Guzman³, Richard J Roberts², Shiladitya DasSarma⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² New England Biolabs, Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Centro de Biotecnología, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
⁴ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA sdassarma@som.umaryland.edu.

Abstract

Halorubrum sp. strain BOL3-1 was isolated from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, and sequenced using single-molecule real-time sequencing. Its 3.7-Mbp genome was analyzed for gene content and methylation patterns and incorporated into the Haloarchaeal Genomes Database (http://halo.umbc.edu). The polyextremophilic character and high-elevation environment make the microbe of interest for astrobiology.