Abstract
A strain of Francisella endociliophora was isolated from a laboratory culture of the marine ciliate Euplotes raikovi. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the bacterial strain FSC1006 (Francisella Strain Collection, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Umeå, Sweden).
Highlights
A strain of Francisella endociliophora was isolated from a laboratory culture of the marine ciliate Euplotes raikovi
In 2011, Schrallhammer and colleagues [1] published a 16S rRNA gene sequence from a bacterium associated with the marine ciliate Euplotes raikovi that was phylogenetically positioned within the genus Francisella and described as “Candidatus F. noatunensis subsp. endociliophora subsp. nov.” [1]
The genus Francisella includes several species with little genetic variation but with diverse environmental niches spanning from marine fish pathogens, potential endosymbionts of protozoa, and human pathogens, viz. Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis, the causative agent of tularemia included among the tier 1 agents on the United States Select Agents list [2,3,4]
Summary
A strain of Francisella endociliophora was isolated from a laboratory culture of the marine ciliate Euplotes raikovi. In 2011, Schrallhammer and colleagues [1] published a 16S rRNA gene sequence from a bacterium associated with the marine ciliate Euplotes raikovi that was phylogenetically positioned within the genus Francisella and described as “Candidatus F. noatunensis subsp. The genus Francisella includes several species with little genetic variation but with diverse environmental niches spanning from marine fish pathogens, potential endosymbionts of protozoa, and human pathogens, viz. Francisella tularensis subsp.
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