Draft Genome Sequence of Amycolatopsis lurida NRRL 2430, Producer of the Glycopeptide Family Antibiotic Ristocetin.

We report here the first draft genome sequence for Amycolatopsis lurida NRRL 2430, the producer of the glycopeptide antibiotic ristocetin. The 9-Mbp genome is predicted to harbor 8,143 genes, including those belonging to the ristocetin biosynthesis cluster and 31 additional predicted secondary metabolite gene clusters.This work was supported by the grants from the Royal Society (516002.K5877/ROG) and the Medical Research Council (G0700141).This paper was originally published in Genome Announcements (Kwun MJ, Hong H-J, Genome Announcements 2014, 2(5):e01050-14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01050-14)