title: Draft Genome Sequence of an Extreme Haloarchaeon 3A1-DGR Isolated from a Saltern Crystallizer of the Little Rann of Kutch, India.
abstract: Haloarchaea are predominant in the salt crystallizers of the Rann of Kutch when the concentration of salts approaches saturation levels. The obligate and extreme halophilic archaeon 3A1-DGR, isolated from a salt crystallizer pond of the Little Rann of Kutch, India, needs minimum of 10 % NaCl in the growth medium. To understand the mechanism(s) of osmotolerance and adaptation at extreme osmolarity, and to mine relevant gene(s), the genome of this haloarchaeon, 3A1-DGR, was sequenced. We report here, the 2.88 Mb draft genome sequence of the haloarchaeon 3A1-DGR, with G+C content of 68 % and the possible involvement of 43 genes in stress tolerance. Further studies of the genome of this haloarchaeon would be required to identify gene(s) that might be responsible for imparting extreme osmotolerance.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Kamal K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Pal
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Rinku
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Manesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Sucheta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghorai
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Dharmesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sherathia
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Sejal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vanpariya
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Rupal
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rupapara
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Priya
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rawal
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mandaliya
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Section, Directorate of Groundnut Research (ICAR), Ivnagar Road, PB No. 5, Junagadh, Gujarat 362001 India.
authors.forename: Bhoomika
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sukhadiya
authors.affiliation: Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012 India.
authors.forename: Anil K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Saxena
keywords: Draft whole genome sequencing; Extreme halophile; Haloarchaea; Osmotolerance