Open AccessGenome Sequence of the Psychrophilic Bacterium Tenacibaculum ovolyticum Strain da5A-8 Isolated from Deep Seawater
Author(s) -
Maki Teramoto,
Zhenyu Zhai,
Ayumi Komatsu,
Keigo Shibayama,
Masato Suzuki
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.00644-16
Subject(s) - biology , psychrophile , strain (injury) , whole genome sequencing , 16s ribosomal rna , genus , genome , microbiology and biotechnology , virulence , zoology , gene , bacteria , genetics , anatomy
Some bacterial species of the genus Tenacibaculum, including Tenacibaculum ovolyticum, have been known as fish pathogens in the sea. So far, the only published genome sequence for this genus is for Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi, which could also be a fish pathogen. Strain da5A-8, showing 100% identity to the 16S rRNA gene sequence of T. ovolyticum DSM 18103(T), was isolated from seawater at a depth of 344 m in Kochi, Japan, and grew optimally at 10 to 20°C. The genome sequence of strain da5A-8 revealed the possible virulence genes commonly observed in the genus Tenacibaculum.