Draft Genome Sequence of a Novel Species of Halococcus (Strain IIIV-5B), an Endophytic Archaeon Isolated from the Leaf Tissue of Avicennia germinans

Jeysika Zayas-Rivera; Yadiel Rivera-Lopez; Madeline Velázquez-Méndez; Nicole Romero-Oliveras; Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez

doi:10.1128/MRA.00421-20

Draft Genome Sequence of a Novel Species of Halococcus (Strain IIIV-5B), an Endophytic Archaeon Isolated from the Leaf Tissue of Avicennia germinans

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 May 21;9(21):e00421-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00421-20.

Authors

Jeysika Zayas-Rivera^{1

2}, Yadiel Rivera-Lopez¹, Madeline Velázquez-Méndez¹, Nicole Romero-Oliveras¹, Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez³

Affiliations

¹ Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
² Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
³ Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico rafael.montalvo@upr.edu.

Abstract

Strain IIIV-5B was isolated from the leaf tissue of the black mangrove, Avicennia germinans This microorganism belongs to the genus Halococcus Here, we present the draft genome sequence of strain IIIV-5B, a novel species of this genus. The 3,869,808-bp genome has a G+C content of 63.9% and around 3,812 coding sequences.