Draft Genome Sequence of Piscirickettsia litoralis, Isolated from Seawater

Xuehua Wan; Alex J Lee; Shaobin Hou; Blake Ushijima; Yen P Nguyen; Jessica A Thawley; Stuart P Donachie

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01252-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Piscirickettsia litoralis, Isolated from Seawater

Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 3;4(6):e01252-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01252-16.

Authors

Xuehua Wan¹, Alex J Lee², Shaobin Hou¹, Blake Ushijima², Yen P Nguyen², Jessica A Thawley², Stuart P Donachie^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA.
² Department of Microbiology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA.
³ Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA [email protected].

Abstract

One species of Piscirickettsia, a pathogen of salmonid fish, has been described. The genome sequence of a putative second and free-living species may provide insights into the evolution of pathogenicity in the genus.

Grants and funding

This work was also supported through A.J.L.'s participation in the NSF REU Site: Undergraduate Research Experiences in DNA-Based Discoveries in Hawaii’s Biodiversity under award no. DBI1560491 to S.P.D. and Stephanie Kraft-Terry at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.