# Draft genome sequence of the extremely halophilic archaeon Haladaptatus cibarius type strain D43T isolated from fermented seafood

## TL;DR

This paper presents the draft genome sequence of a salt-loving archaeon, Haladaptatus cibarius, isolated from fermented seafood.

## Contribution

The study provides the first annotated genome sequence of Haladaptatus cibarius, contributing to understanding halophilic archaea.

## Key findings

- The genome is 3,926,724 bp long with 4,092 protein-coding genes and 57 RNA genes.
- The average G + C content of the genome is 57.76%.
- The strain shows 98.7% 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity with Haladaptatus litoreus.

## Abstract

An extremely halophilic archaeon, Haladaptatus cibarius D43T, was isolated from traditional Korean salt-rich fermented seafood. Strain D43T shows the highest 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity (98.7 %) with Haladaptatus litoreus RO1-28T, is Gram-negative staining, motile, and extremely halophilic. Despite potential industrial applications of extremely halophilic archaea, their genome characteristics remain obscure. Here, we describe the whole genome sequence and annotated features of strain D43T. The 3,926,724 bp genome includes 4,092 protein-coding and 57 RNA genes (including 6 rRNA and 49 tRNA genes) with an average G + C content of 57.76 %.