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Complete genome sequence of Weeksella virosa type strain (9751).
- Author(s): 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 D
- Brambilla, Evelyne-Marie
- Kopitz, Markus
- Rohde, Manfred
- Göker, Markus
- Tindall, Brian J
- Detter, John C
- Woyke, Tanja
- Bristow, James
- Eisen, Jonathan A
- Markowitz, Victor
- Hugenholtz, Philip
- Klenk, Hans-Peter
- Kyrpides, Nikos C
- et al.
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https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.1603927Abstract
Weeksella virosa Holmes et al. 1987 is the sole member and type species of the genus Weeksella which belongs to the family Flavobacteriaceae of the phylum Bacteroidetes. 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 the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.