Complete Genome Sequence of the Carotenoid-Producing Deinococcus sp. Strain AJ005

Jun Young Choi; Kunjoong Lee; Pyung Cheon Lee

doi:10.1128/MRA.01245-19

Complete Genome Sequence of the Carotenoid-Producing Deinococcus sp. Strain AJ005

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Nov 27;8(48):e01245-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01245-19.

Authors

Jun Young Choi^#^{1

2}, Kunjoong Lee^#^{1

2}, Pyung Cheon Lee^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea.
² Department of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea.
³ Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea pclee@ajou.ac.kr.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

The novel species Deinococcus sp. strain AJ005, isolated from King George Island, synthesizes a red carotenoid. Its complete genome is made up of a single circular chromosome (3,380,712 bp, 64.2% G+C content) and four circular plasmids.