Complete genome sequence of Weeksella virosa type strain (9751T). Issue 1 (January 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lang, Elke; Teshima, Hazuki; Lucas, Susan; Lapidus, Alla; Hammon, Nancy; Deshpande, Shweta; Nolan, Matt; Cheng, Jan-Fang; Pitluck, Sam; Liolios, Konstantinos; Pagani, Ioanna; Mikhailova, Natalia; Ivanova, Natalia; Mavromatis, Konstantinos; Pati, Amrita; Tapia, Roxane; Han, Cliff; Goodwin, Lynne; Chen, Amy; Palaniappan, Krishna; Land, Miriam; Hauser, Loren; Chang, Yun-Juan; Jeffries, Cynthia; Brambilla, Evelyne-Marie; Kopitz, Markus; Rohde, Manfred; Göker, Markus; Tindall, Brian; Detter, John; Woyke, Tanja; Bristow, James; Eisen, Jonathan; Markowitz, Victor; Hugenholtz, Philip; Klenk, Hans-Peter; Kyrpides, Nikos;
• Is Part Of: Standards in genomic sciences. Volume 4:Issue 1(2011)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 90
• Publication Date: 2011-01
• Subjects: strictly aerobic -- slimy -- Gram-negative -- lyses proteins -- inhabitant of mucosa -- Flavobacteriaceae -- GEBA; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics -- Periodicals; Genomics; Periodicals; 572.8605
• DOI: 10.4056/sigs.1603927
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-3277

Abstract

Abstract Weeksella virosa Holmeset al. 1987 is the sole member and type species of the genusWeeksella which belongs to the familyFlavobacteriaceae of the phylumBacteroidetes . 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 theG enomic E ncyclopedia of B acteria and A rchaea project.