title: Draft genome sequence of strain MC1A, a UV-resistant bacterium isolated from dry soil in Puerto Rico.
abstract: We report here the draft genome sequence of a novel UV-resistant bacterium isolated from dry soil on the south coast of Puerto Rico. Based on polyphasic taxonomy, strain MC1A represents a new species and the name Solirubrum puertoriconensis is proposed. Assembly was performed using NGEN Assembler into eight contigs (N50 = 1,292,788), the largest of which included 1,549,887 bp. The draft genome consists of 4,810,875 bp and has a GC content of 58.7%. Several genes related to DNA repair and UV resistance were found. The Whole Genome Shotgun project is available at DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under the accession LNAL00000000.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Box 9000, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez 00681, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Mara F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Cuebas-Irizarry
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Box 9000, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez 00681, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Jariselle M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pietri-Toro
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Box 9000, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez 00681, Puerto Rico.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montalvo-Rodríguez
keywords: Caribbean; Genome sequence; UV-resistant bacteria