Abstract
Anaerococcus prevotii (Foubert and Douglas 1948) Ezaki et al. 2001 is the type species of the genus, and is of phylogenetic interest because of its arguable assignment to the provisionally arranged family ‘Peptostreptococcaceae’. A. prevotii is an obligate anaerobic coccus, usually arranged in clumps or tetrads. The strain, whose genome is described here, was originally isolated from human plasma; other strains of the species were also isolated from clinical specimen. Here we describe the features of this organism, together with the complete genome sequence and annotation. This is the first completed genome sequence of a member of the genus. Next to Finegoldia magna, A. prevotii is only the second species from the family ‘Peptostreptococcaceae’ for which a complete genome sequence is described. The 1,998,633 bp long genome (chromosome and one plasmid) with its 1852 protein-coding and 61 RNA genes is a part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.
Highlights
Anaerococcus prevotii strain PC1T (= DSM 20548 = ATCC 9321 = JCM 6508) is the type strain of the species and the type species of the genus [1]
Six strains of the species were characterized by Fou-‐ bert and Douglas in 1948, originally designated as ‘Micrococcus prevotii’, but subsequently placed in the genus Peptococcus [2]
Based on a comparative study published by Ezaki et al [3], the type strain of P. prevotii was transferred to the genus ‘Peptostreptococcus’ and later on assigned to the novel genus Anaerococcus as A. prevotii [1]
Summary
Anaerococcus prevotii strain PC1T (= DSM 20548 = ATCC 9321 = JCM 6508) is the type strain of the species and the type species of the genus [1]. Six strains of the species were characterized by Fou-‐ bert and Douglas in 1948, originally designated as ‘Micrococcus prevotii’, but subsequently placed in the genus Peptococcus [2]. Based on a comparative study published by Ezaki et al [3], the type strain of P. prevotii was transferred to the genus ‘Peptostreptococcus’ and later on assigned to the novel genus Anaerococcus as A. prevotii [1]. We pre-‐ sent a summary classification and a set of features for A. prevotii strain PC1T together with the de-‐
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