Draft Genome Sequence of Zalerion maritima ATCC 34329, a (Micro)Plastic-Degrading Marine Fungus

Ana Paço; Micael F M Gonçalves; João P da Costa; Teresa A P Rocha-Santos; Artur Alves

doi:10.1128/mra.00017-23

Draft Genome Sequence of Zalerion maritima ATCC 34329, a (Micro)Plastic-Degrading Marine Fungus

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Apr 18;12(4):e0001723. doi: 10.1128/mra.00017-23. Epub 2023 Mar 7.

Authors

Ana Paço^{1

2}, Micael F M Gonçalves^{2

3}, João P da Costa^{1

2}, Teresa A P Rocha-Santos^{1

2}, Artur Alves^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
² Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
³ Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.

Abstract

Zalerion maritima is a marine fungus that has been studied for the biodegradation of (micro)plastics. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of strain ATCC 34329, which was shown to have a size of 58.4 Mb, a GC content of 44.39%, and 10,802 predicted genes.