Modestobacter caceresii strain:KNN 45-2b Genome sequencing and assembly. Modestobacter caceresii strain:KNN 45-2b

Novel actinomycetes, notably streptomycetes, from extreme habitats are proving to be a potentially rich source of new bioactive natural products that can be developed as resources for healthcare. Actinomycetes account for a large proportion of all known natural products and typically contain over twenty biosynthetic gene clusters that encode for known or predicted secondary metabolites. The Atacama Desert is the oldest and driest desert on Earth, having evolved over several million years of aridity and hyper-aridity. The present study was designed to explore what sorts of actinomycetes and natural producte could be found in hyper-arid Atacama Desert soil.