Draft Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium lemurum DSM 28807T Isolated from the Gastrointestinal Tracts of Ring-Tailed Lemurs (Lemur catta).

Hidehiro Toh,Shuta Tomida,Takefumi Kikusui,Hidetoshi Morita,Kensuke Arakawa,Iyo Mimura,Takehiro Matsubara

doi:10.1128/genomea.01656-16

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https://doi.org/10.1128/genomea.01656-16

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Abstract

ABSTRACTBifidobacterium lemurum DSM 28807T was isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). Here, we report the first draft genome sequence of this organism.

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Bifidobacterium lemurum DSM 28807T was isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta)
B. lemurum DSM 28807T shared more genes with the strains isolated from monkey gut (B. saguini and B. reuteri) than those from human gut (B. longum subsp. infantis and B. breve) in the B. longum group
B. lemurum DSM 28807T contained more genes involved in carbohydrate transport and metabolism and transcription than bifidobacterial strains residing in the human gut

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Introduction

Bifidobacterium lemurum DSM 28807T was isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta). The B. lemurum DSM 28807T genome was paired-end sequenced using Illumina’s MiSeq platform. Genomic libraries containing 600- to 1,000-bp inserts were constructed and sequenced, yielding 1,693,343 reads that provided 174-fold coverage of the genome.

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