Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum KB1253, a Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Producer Used in GABA-Enriched Tomato Juice Production

Yuki Nakatani; Masanori Fukao; Tetsuya Fukaya

doi:10.1128/MRA.00158-19

Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum KB1253, a Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Producer Used in GABA-Enriched Tomato Juice Production

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Jul 18;8(29):e00158-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00158-19.

Authors

Yuki Nakatani^#¹, Masanori Fukao^#¹, Tetsuya Fukaya²

Affiliations

¹ Innovation Division, Kagome Co., Ltd., Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan [email protected] [email protected].
² Innovation Division, Kagome Co., Ltd., Nasushiobara, Tochigi, Japan.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Here, we present the draft genome sequence of Lactobacillus plantarum KB1253, isolated from a traditional Japanese pickle. Its genome comprises 3,097 genes and 3,305,456 nucleotides, with an average G+C content of 44.4%.