Draft genome sequence data of Rhodosporidium toruloides VN1, a strain capable of producing natural astaxanthin
Tuyet Nhung Tran,
Dai-Hung Ngo,
Ngoc Tuan Nguyen,
Dai-Nghiep Ngo
Affiliations
Tuyet Nhung Tran
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Science, Vietnam National University-HCM, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Dai-Hung Ngo
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Thu Dau Mot University, Binh Duong Province, Viet Nam
Ngoc Tuan Nguyen
Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Corresponding author.
Dai-Nghiep Ngo
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Science, Vietnam National University-HCM, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam; Corresponding author. Vietnam National University-HCM, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Rhodosporidium toruloides strain VN1 is of special interest because of its capability for high astaxanthin production. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of R. toruloides VN1, which comprises 20.01 Mb in 424 contigs with an overall G + C content of 61.8%. This whole-genome shotgun project has been deposited at DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank under the accession number SJTE00000000. Keywords: Rhodosporidium, Draft genome, Astaxanthin, Illumina
