Whole-Genome Sequence of a Brucella pinnipedialis Sequence Type 54 Strain Isolated from a Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) from the North Atlantic Ocean, Norway.

Michel S Zygmunt,Axel Cloeckaert,Gilles Vergnaud

doi:10.1128/mra.00271-21

Abstract

Since the 1990s, Brucella strains have been isolated from a wide variety of marine mammal species. We report the first complete genome sequence of a Brucella strain isolated from a hooded seal (Cystophora cristata), Brucella pinnipedialis strain 23a-1 of sequence type 54, found in the North Atlantic Ocean surrounding Norway.

Highlights

Brucella constitutes a genus comprising pathogenic species affecting livestock and causing disease in humans, of which the main representative, in terms of global health impact, is Brucella melitensis [1]
The lack of a 67-kb DNA fragment flanked by IS711 elements located on chromosome 2, relative to B. pinnipedialis strains from other seal species [9], was confirmed
The raw sequencing results were deposited in the NCBI SRA database under accession number SRR14150359

Summary

Introduction

Brucella constitutes a genus comprising pathogenic species affecting livestock and causing disease in humans, of which the main representative, in terms of global health impact, is Brucella melitensis [1]. Sizes of 2,120,314 bp and 1,192,109 bp and with a deduced G1C content of 57.3%, as seen for other Brucella species.

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