Genome Sequence of Streptomyces caatingaensis CMAA 1322, a New Abiotic Stress-Tolerant Actinomycete Isolated from Dried Lake Bed Sediment in the Brazilian Caatinga Biome

  1. Itamar Soares Meloa
  1. aLaboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, EMBRAPA Environment, Jaguariúna, Brazil
  2. bInstitute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
  3. cFaculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

ABSTRACT

The genome sequence of the first Streptomyces species isolated from the Brazilian Caatinga is reported here. Genes related to environmental stress tolerance were prevalent and included many secondary metabolic gene clusters.

FOOTNOTES

  • Address correspondence to Suikinai Nobre Santos, suikinai{at}gmail.com.
  • Citation Santos SN, Gacesa R, Taketani RG, Long PF, Melo IS. 2015. Genome sequence of Streptomyces caatingaensis CMAA 1322, a new abiotic stress-tolerant actinomycete isolated from dried lake bed sediment in the Brazilian Caatinga biome. Genome Announc 3(5):e01020-15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01020-15.

  • Received 30 July 2015.
  • Accepted 31 July 2015.
  • Published 10 September 2015.

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