Draft genome of 1-FT3.2, a myxobacterium from northern peatland soil

This predatory bacterium was obtained from soil samples collected in Pallas, northern Finland, when cultivated on <i>Mucilaginibacter cryoferens </i>FT3.2 as prey. A pure culture of the new strain could not be obtained, but its draft genome was assembled from sequencing reads derived from the co‑culture with its prey. According to the genome analysis with CheckM2, this 7.2 Mb-long draft genome is 81% complete and only 0.5% contaminated. GTDB-tk-based analysis suggest the classification within the family <i>Polyangiaceae</i> (phylum <i>Myxococcota</i>). For more information on how this genome assembly was obtained, see Demina et al. Draft genome sequence of a predatory bacterium from northern peatland soil [<b>version 1</b>]. <i>F1000Research</i> 2025, 14:1153 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.171863.1)md5sum for the file: 5cf69e2894225c17590a47211347c8f0<b>Update (!)</b>: a better genome assembly was obtained by combining short- and long-read data, see the updated manuscript, Demina et al. Draft genome sequence of a predatory bacterium from northern peatland soil [<b>version 2</b>]. <i>F1000Research</i> 2026, 14:1153 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.171863.2) <b>The new better-quality assembly is available as a MAG from t</b><b>he European Nucleotide Archive (ENA): accession number ERZ29297452.</b>