Whole genome sequencing of an industrial bioethanol producing fission yeast isolate

Schizosaccharomyces pombe is a model unicellular eukaryote with ties to the basic research, oenology and industrial biotechnology sectors. While most investigations into S. pombe cell biology utilize Leupold’s 972h- laboratory strain background, recent studies have described a wealth of genetic and phenotypic diversity within wild populations of S. pombe including stress resistance phenotypes which may be of interest to industry. This dataset contains Illumina and Pacific Biosciences whole genome sequencing data from Wilmar-A and Wilmar-P, S. pombe isolates used for bioethanol production from sugarcane molasses at industrial scale.