Draft genome sequencing of the bacterium Flavobacterium sp. strain UMI-01. Flavobacterium sp. UMI-01

Flavobacterium sp. strain UMI-01 is the bacterium that was isolated from rotten brown alga. This strain can utilize polysaccharide alginate as the carbon source. In this project, our goal is to identify enzymes for the degradation and metabolization of alginate.