Complete genome sequence of Sphingobium yanoikuyae strain CC4533

We have isolated a new strain of <em>Sphingobium yanoikuyae</em>, which belongs to the class Alphaproteobacteria, order Sphingomonadales, and family Sphingomonadaceae. This carotenoid-producing strain is capable of degrading xenobiotics and is tolerant to toxic levels of six heavy metals. We have designated the newly isolated strain of <em>S. yanoikuyae</em> as <em>S. yanoikuyae</em> strain CC4533 (hereafter called strain CC4533) because it was isolated from a contaminated Tris-Acetate-Phosphate (TAP) medium culture plate of a green micro-alga <em>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii</em> wild type strain CC4533. We sequenced the whole genome of strain CC4533 using the PacBio Sequel II Continuous Long Read technology and have submitted it to NCBI along with the SRA and PacBio methylation motif data. Additionally, we have submitted the PacBio methylome to REBASE, Ref#35996. We present the whole genome sequence of <em>S. yanoikuyae</em> strain CC4533 that offers insights into its coding and non-coding genes and its nearest taxonomic neighbors.