title: Draft Genome Sequence of Deinococcus xibeiensis R13, a New Carotenoid-Producing Strain.
abstract: Deinococcus xibeiensis strain R13, isolated from radiation-contaminated soils, synthesizes a unique ketocarotenoid, deinoxanthin. Here, we present a 3.49-Mb assembly of its genome sequence, which can help us find the key genes of the deinoxanthin biosynthesis pathways and modify genes obtaining a high yield of the new carotenoid.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yaochi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Xian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zhidong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang