1 Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
2 Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Sciences, Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Oblast, Russia.
Methanobacterium sp. strain VT is a psychrotolerant methanogenic archaeon that was isolated from West Spitsbergen island (Norway) permafrost. This article describes the draft genome sequence of Methanobacterium sp. strain VT.