Draft genome sequence of Rhodococcus sp. AW25M09. An Actinomycete isolated from Atlantic Hagfish caught in Hadselfjorden, North- Norway. Rhodococcus sp. AW25M09

Members of the Rhodococcus genus are high GC, Gram-positive and non-motile bacteria isolated from a broad range of environments. We report the draft genome of a novel marine member of this genus, Rhodococcus sp. AW25M09. The bacterium was isolated from the intestines/stomac of Atlantic hagfish (Myxine glutinosa) captured in the cold waters in Hadselfjorden, Norway. Phylogenetic analysis, using 16S rDNA sequences, groups R. sp. AW25M09 together with four terrestrial isolates; the phytopathogens R. fascians DSM 20669 (99.3% identity) and R. cercidiphylli YIM 65003 (99.1%), and the soil bacteria R. yunnanensis YIM 70056 (98.9%) and R. kyotonensis DS472 (97.9%). R. sp. AW25M09 grows well at low temperatures in sewater based media, hence this is the first genome sequence of a cold adapted marine Rhodococcus isolate.