Draft Genome Sequence of the Radioresistant Bacterium Deinococcus aerius TR0125, Isolated from the High Atmosphere above Japan

Katsuya Satoh; Hiroki Arai; Toshihiko Sanzen; Yuko Kawaguchi; Hidenori Hayashi; Shin-Ichi Yokobori; Akihiko Yamagishi; Yutaka Oono; Issay Narumi

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00080-18

Draft Genome Sequence of the Radioresistant Bacterium Deinococcus aerius TR0125, Isolated from the High Atmosphere above Japan

Genome Announc. 2018 Mar 1;6(9):e00080-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00080-18.

Authors

Katsuya Satoh¹, Hiroki Arai^{2

3}, Toshihiko Sanzen^{2

4}, Yuko Kawaguchi⁵, Hidenori Hayashi³, Shin-Ichi Yokobori⁵, Akihiko Yamagishi⁵, Yutaka Oono², Issay Narumi^{4

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan sato.katsuya@qst.go.jp.
² Department of Radiation-Applied Biology Research, Takasaki Advanced Radiation Research Institute, Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Takasaki, Gunma, Japan.
³ Faculty of Engineering, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan.
⁴ Faculty of Life Sciences, Toyo University, Itakura, Gunma, Japan.
⁵ Department of Applied Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Graduate School of Life Sciences, Toyo University, Itakura, Gunma, Japan.

Abstract

Deinococcus aerius strain TR0125 is a bacterium isolated from the high atmosphere above Japan that shows strong resistance to desiccation, UV-C, and gamma radiation. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of D. aerius (4.5 Mb), which may provide useful genetic information supporting its biochemical features.