Complete Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus curvatus Strain WiKim38 Isolated from Kimchi

Se Hee Lee; Min Young Jung; Jung-Hee Song; Moeun Lee; Ji Yoon Chang

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00273-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus curvatus Strain WiKim38 Isolated from Kimchi

Genome Announc. 2017 May 4;5(18):e00273-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00273-17.

Authors

Se Hee Lee¹, Min Young Jung¹, Jung-Hee Song¹, Moeun Lee¹, Ji Yoon Chang²

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
² Microbiology and Functionality Research Group, World Institute of Kimchi, Gwangju, Republic of Korea [email protected].

Abstract

Lactobacillus curvatus WiKim38 is a potential probiotic strain isolated from kimchi, a traditional Korean fermented food. The complete genome of the WiKim38 strain consisted of a circular chromosome of 1,940,170 bp in length with a G+C content of 41.93%.