Complete Genome Sequence of Yellow Pigment-Producing Sphingobium sp. Strain HAL-16

Soon Jae Kwon; Pyung Cheon Lee

doi:10.1128/MRA.00985-20

Complete Genome Sequence of Yellow Pigment-Producing Sphingobium sp. Strain HAL-16

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Oct 8;9(41):e00985-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00985-20.

Authors

Soon Jae Kwon^{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.

Abstract

Sphingobium sp. strain HAL-16, which was isolated from Antarctic soil samples, synthesizes a yellow pigment. The complete genome consists of a single circular chromosome (4,372,398 bp, with a G+C content of 62.7%) and a single circular plasmid (57,025 bp, with a G+C content of 59.4%). Five genes encoding carotenogenic enzymes were identified, suggesting that the yellow pigment is a hydroxy/keto-β-carotene.