Genome Sequence of an Ammonia-Oxidizing Soil Archaeon, Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum koreensis MY1

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea are ubiquitous microorganisms which play important roles in global nitrogen and carbon cycle on earth. Here we present the high-quality draft genome sequence of an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon, Candidatus Nitrosopumilus koreensis MY1, that dominated an enrichment culture of a soil sample from the rhizosphere. Its genome contains genes for survival in the rhizosphere environment as well as those for carbon fixation and ammonium oxidation to nitrite.