Draft Genome Sequence of Verrucosispora sp. Strain CWR15, Isolated from a Gulf of Mexico Sponge

Sarah J Kennedy; Eleonora Cella; Mohammad Jubair; Taj Azarian; Bill J Baker; Lindsey N Shaw

doi:10.1128/MRA.00176-20

Draft Genome Sequence of Verrucosispora sp. Strain CWR15, Isolated from a Gulf of Mexico Sponge

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Mar 26;9(13):e00176-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00176-20.

Authors

Sarah J Kennedy¹, Eleonora Cella², Mohammad Jubair², Taj Azarian², Bill J Baker³, Lindsey N Shaw⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
² Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA shaw@usf.edu.

Abstract

Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Verrucosispora sp. strain CWR15, a bacterial symbiont of a Gulf of Mexico sponge. The genome consists of 35 contigs encoding 5,840 genes. The genome is the basis for future study and presents an underexplored taxonomy and biosynthetic potential.

Grants and funding

R01 AI124458/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States