Draft Genome Sequence of the Symbiotically Competent Cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. Strain KVJ20

Marie-Josée H Halsør; Anton Liaimer; Seila Pandur; Inger L U Ræder; Arne O Smalås; Bjørn Altermark

doi:10.1128/MRA.01190-19

Draft Genome Sequence of the Symbiotically Competent Cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. Strain KVJ20

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Nov 7;8(45):e01190-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01190-19.

Authors

Marie-Josée H Halsør¹, Anton Liaimer², Seila Pandur¹, Inger L U Ræder¹, Arne O Smalås¹, Bjørn Altermark³

Affiliations

¹ NorStruct, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
² Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway.
³ NorStruct, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway bjorn.altermark@uit.no.

Abstract

Nostoc sp. strain KVJ20 was isolated from the symbiotic organs of the liverwort Blasia pusilla This cyanobacterium has been shown to have broad symbiotic competence, and bacterial extracts have inhibitory effects on cancer cell lines and microbes. An array of genes for the production of secondary metabolites is present.