Here, we present a complete genome of Deinococcus sonorensis KR-87T, a biofilm-producing mesophile from the Arizonan Sonoran Desert. The sequence, assembled using Oxford Nanopore Technologies' long-read sequencing platform, predicts a genome size of 4.78 Mbp, with 6 replicons, 4,361 protein-coding genes, and a G+C content of 69.0%.
Keywords: Deinococcus; Oxford Nanopore; biofilms; extremophiles; genomics.