Genome sequence of Streptomyces caatingaensis CMAA 1322, a new abiotic stress-tolerant actinomycete isolated from dried lake bed sediment in the Brazilian Caatinga biome.

Authors: Santos, Suikinai Nobre and Gacesa, Ranko and Taketani, Rodrigo Gouvêa and Long, Paul F and Melo, Itamar Soares

The genome sequence of the first Streptomyces species isolated from the Brazilian Caatinga is reported here. Genes related to environmental stress tolerance were prevalent and included many secondary metabolic gene clusters. Copyright © 2015 Santos et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01020-15
Year: 2015

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