Complete genome sequence of Microvirga sp. 17mud 1–3, a radiation-resistant bacterium

Backgrounds The genera Deinococcus Hymenobacter, Spirosoma, and Rubrobacter are renowned as an extremophilic bacteria. Most of the species of these genera have been shown to be either gamma radiation resistant or UV radiation resistant or both. Strain 17mud 1–3 was isolated from gamma-irradiated mud sample collected at Boryeong beach, South Korea.