Whole genome sequence data of an Antarctic bacterium, Arthrobacter sp. ES1 from the Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica

Chui Peng Teoh; Nur Athirah Yusof; Cahyo Budiman; Yoke Kqueen Cheah; Clemente Michael Vui Ling Wong

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2023.109052

Whole genome sequence data of an Antarctic bacterium, Arthrobacter sp. ES1 from the Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica

Data Brief. 2023 Mar 8:48:109052. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109052. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Chui Peng Teoh¹, Nur Athirah Yusof¹, Cahyo Budiman¹, Yoke Kqueen Cheah², Clemente Michael Vui Ling Wong¹

Affiliations

¹ Biotechnology Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, 88400 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
² Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

Abstract

Arthrobacter is a coryneform bacterium in the family of Micrococcaceae. Arthrobacter species isolated from hostile environments are capable of producing interesting bioactive compounds, some of which may be a new class of antibiotics. Here, we present the complete genome sequence of Arthrobacter sp. ES1 isolated from Schirmacher Oasis in East Antarctica. Genomic DNA sequencing was performed using the Illumina MiSeq sequencer. Arthrobacter sp. ES1 has a genome size of 3,964,927 bp and a GC content of 65.73%. The raw genome sequences have been deposited in the NCBI Sequence Read Archive database under the accession number, SRR20664316.

Keywords: Antarctica; Arthrobacter; Genome; Whole genome sequencing.