title: Complete genome sequence of astaxanthin-producing bacterium Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis NBRC 107699.
abstract: Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis NBRC 107699 was isolated from marine sediment collected from a site on the coast of Ishigaki Island, Japan and deposited to the NITE Biological Resource Center. This strain is able to produce astaxanthin, which can be used as a food supplement. Here we describe the genome sequence and annotation, as well as the features of the organism. The genome of strain NBRC 107699 comprises 2,673,978bp and contains 2618 protein-coding genes (1966 with predicted functions), 42 tRNA genes and 3 rRNA genes. A. ishigakiensis NBRC 107699Tencodes fifteen genes related to astaxanthin production, revealing its potential application in biotechnological industry. The genome sequence of A. ishigakiensis NBRC 107699 now provides the fundamental information for future studies.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-Lai
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yue-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.affiliation: College of Forestry and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Agricultural and Forestry University, Lin'an 311300, China.
authors.forename: Xin-Qi
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Chun-Sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China. Electronic address: xuxw@sio.org.cn.
authors.forename: Xue-Wei
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D007564:Japan; D058977:Molecular Sequence Annotation; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D024341:Xanthophylls / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D024341:Xanthophylls; C005948:astaxanthine
keywords: Altererythrobacter ishigakiensis NBRC 107699; Astaxanthin; Complete genome sequence