Draft Genome Sequence of Kocuria rhizophila RF, a Radiation-Resistant Soil Isolate

Jalil Fallah Mehrabadi; Amir Mirzaie; Nahid Ahangar; Arian Rahimi; Hassan Rokni-Zadeh

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00095-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Kocuria rhizophila RF, a Radiation-Resistant Soil Isolate

Genome Announc. 2016 Mar 10;4(2):e00095-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00095-16.

Authors

Jalil Fallah Mehrabadi¹, Amir Mirzaie², Nahid Ahangar³, Arian Rahimi⁴, Hassan Rokni-Zadeh⁵

Affiliations

¹ The Lister Laboratory of Microbiology, Tehran, Iran.
² Young Researchers and Elite Club, East Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
³ Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Basic and Medical Science, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Zanjan, Iran.
⁴ Department of Virology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
⁵ Zanjan Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Research Center, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Department of Medical Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran hassan.roknizadeh@zums.ac.ir.

Abstract

Kocuria rhizophila RF, a soil isolate from Iran, is a radiation-resistant bacterium. Only a limited amount of genomic information for radiation-resistant bacteria is currently available. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of this bacterium, providing knowledge to aid in the discovery of the genomic basis of its resistance to radiation.

Grants and funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.