Draft genome sequence of the anatoxin-a producing cyanobacterium Tychonema bourrellyi B0820 isolated from the epilimnion of the deep Alpine Lake Garda

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Nov 16;12(11):e0084423. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00844-23. Epub 2023 Oct 19.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequence of strain B0820 of the cyanobacterium Tychonema bourrellyi isolated from the epilimnion of Lake Garda and assembled from a metagenome of a non-axenic culture. The strain analyzed was shown to produce anatoxin-a, a potent neurotoxin that can cause fatal intoxication in exposed organisms.

Keywords: Tychonema; anatoxin-a; cyanobacteria; draft genome; full shotgun; lake; non-axenic culture.