Complete genome sequence of Weeksella virosa type strain (9751)

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Stand Genomic Sci 4(1) , 81-90 ( 2011)

Author(s):

Lang, E., Teshima, H., Lucas, S., Lapidus, A., Hammon, N., Deshpande, S., Nolan, M., Cheng, J. F., Pitluck, S., Liolios, K., Pagani, I., Mikhailova, N., Ivanova, N., Mavromatis, K., Pati, A., Tapia, R., Han, C., Goodwin, L., Chen, A., Palaniappan, K., Land, M., Hauser, L., Chang, Y. J., Jeffries, C. D., Brambilla, E. M., Kopitz, M., Rohde, M., Goker, M., Tindall, B. J., Detter, J. C., Woyke, T., Bristow, J., Eisen, J. A., Markowitz, V., Hugenholtz, P., Klenk, H. P., Kyrpides, N. C.

DOI:

10.4056/sigs.1603927

Abstract:

Weeksella virosa Holmes et al. 1987 is the sole member and type species of the genus Weeksella which belongs to the family Flavobacteriaceae of the phylum Bacteroidetes. Twenty-nine isolates, collected from clinical specimens provided the basis for the taxon description. While the species seems to be a saprophyte of the mucous membranes of healthy man and warm-blooded animals a causal relationship with disease has been reported in a few instances. Except for the ability to produce indole and to hydrolyze Tween and proteins such as casein and gelatin, this aerobic, non-motile, non-pigmented bacterial species is metabolically inert in most traditional biochemical tests. The 2,272,954 bp long genome with its 2,105 protein-coding and 76 RNA genes consists of one circular chromosome and is a part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.

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