Qipengyuania pacifica strain:NZ-96 Genome sequencing and assembly. Qipengyuania pacifica strain:NZ-96

Reduction in the discovery of new antimicrobial compounds has led the scientific community to exploit un-sampled and extreme ecological niches in search of novel microorganisms. This has led to a particular interest in the deep sea, meaning ocean depths below ~1000 m, which are some of the least explored and most hostile environments on Earth .Sponges (phylum Porifera) in the deep sea harbor abundant and diverse symbiotic microbial communities .They are ecologically important and a rich source of novel, biotechnologically relevant natural products