High quality draft genome of Lactobacillus kunkeei EFB6, isolated from a German European foulbrood outbreak of honeybees.
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SUBMITTER: Djukic M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4511666 | biostudies-literature | 2015
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High quality draft genome of Lactobacillus kunkeei EFB6, isolated from a German European foulbrood outbreak of honeybees.
Djukic Marvin M Poehlein Anja A Strauß Juliane J Tann Fabian Jannik FJ Leimbach Andreas A Hoppert Michael M Daniel Rolf R
Standards in genomic sciences 20150219
The lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus kunkeei has been described as an inhabitant of fructose-rich niches. Here we report on the genome sequence of L. kunkeei EFB6, which has been isolated from a honeybee larva infected with European foulbrood. The draft genome comprises 1,566,851 bp and 1,417 predicted protein-encoding genes. ...[more]
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