Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodosporidium toruloides CECT1137, an Oleaginous Yeast of Biotechnological Interest

Nicolas Morin; Xavier Calcas; Hugo Devillers; Pascal Durrens; David James Sherman; Jean-Marc Nicaud; Cécile Neuvéglise

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00641-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodosporidium toruloides CECT1137, an Oleaginous Yeast of Biotechnological Interest

Genome Announc. 2014 Jul 10;2(4):e00641-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00641-14.

Authors

Nicolas Morin, Xavier Calcas¹, Hugo Devillers, Pascal Durrens¹, David James Sherman¹, Jean-Marc Nicaud, Cécile Neuvéglise²

Affiliations

¹ INRIA-LaBRI-Université de Bordeaux, Magnome, Bordeaux, France.
² ncecile@grignon.inra.fr.

Abstract

We report the sequencing of the basidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides CECT1137. The current assembly comprises 62 scaffolds, for a total size of ca. 20.45 Mbp and a G+C content of ca. 61.9%. The genome annotation predicts 8,206 putative protein-coding genes.