Sphingobium sp. strain HAL-16, which was isolated from Antarctic soil samples, synthesizes a yellow pigment. The complete genome consists of a single circular chromosome (4,372,398 bp, with a G+C content of 62.7%) and a single circular plasmid (57,025 bp, with a G+C content of 59.4%). Five genes encoding carotenogenic enzymes were identified, suggesting that the yellow pigment is a hydroxy/keto- β-carotene.
This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (grants 2020M3A9I5037889 and 2012M1A2A2026562) and the Priority Research Centers Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (grant 2019R1A6A11051471). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication. We declare no conflicts of interest.
