Draft Genome Sequences of Three Capnocytophaga canimorsus Strains Isolated from Healthy Canine Oral Cavities.

Pablo Manfredi,Guy R Cornelis,Francesco Renzi

doi:10.1128/genomea.00199-15

Abstract

Here, we present the draft genome sequences of three strains of Capnocytophaga canimorsus, each isolated from a different dog's mouth. Genome analysis provided evidence that these organisms may belong to a different nonpathogenic subtype of C. canimorsus.

Highlights

We present the draft genome sequences of three strains of Capnocytophaga canimorsus, each isolated from a different dog’s mouth
Due to low mapping efficiency on the C. canimorsus 5 reference genome [9], de novo assembly was performed with Velvet with optimized k-mers [10]
When considering the whole Capnocytophaga pangenome, 290 genes were conserved and exclusively found in the three genomes presented here. This is similar to the number of Capnocytophaga cynodegmi-specific genes [341] [12] and supports the idea of a speciation event within the C. canimorsus taxon

Summary

Introduction

We present the draft genome sequences of three strains of Capnocytophaga canimorsus, each isolated from a different dog’s mouth. Capnocytophaga canimorsus is a capnophilic gliding Gramnegative bacterium from the Bacteroidetes phylum that is part of the normal flora of a dog’s mouth [1, 2]. It has been estimated by culture-based methods that more than every other dog carries C. canimorsus in its normal oral flora [5].

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