Abstract
Flavobacterium columnare is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that causes columnaris disease of freshwater fish. Flavobacterium columnare strain C#2 was isolated from a diseased warm-water fish and is typed as genomovar II. The genome consists of a single 3.33-Mb circular chromosome with 2,689 predicted coding genes.
Highlights
Flavobacterium columnare is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that causes columnaris disease of freshwater fish
Strains of F. columnare are classified into genomovars based on restriction digestion of the 16S rRNA gene and the 16S-23S rRNA internal transcribed spacer [2, 3], and F. columnare strain C#2 is a genomovar II strain
F. columnare strain C#2 was selected for genome sequencing because it is a virulent genomovar II strain and is amenable to genetic manipulations [5]
Summary
Flavobacterium columnare is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that causes columnaris disease of freshwater fish. Flavobacterium columnare is an important pathogen of freshwater fish [1,2,3]. Large die-offs among wild and farmed fish are caused by F. columnare, little is known regarding its virulence mechanisms or its ecology [4]. The genome sequence of a genomovar I strain was previously reported [6].
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