Draft genome sequence of the extremely desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium Gloeocapsopsis sp. strain AAB1

Abstract

Gloeocapsopsis sp. strain AAB1 is an extremely desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium isolated from translucent quartz stones from the Atacama Desert (Chile). Here, we report its draft genome sequence, which consists of 137 contigs with an ~5.4-Mb genome size. The annotation revealed 5,641 coding DNA sequences, 38 tRNA genes, and 5 rRNA genes. © 2018 Puente-Sánchez et al.Universidad Autónoma de Chil