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

Data in Brief (Oct 2019)

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.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26

Abstract

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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

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ISSN: 2352-3409 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; Science: Science (General)
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