Genome Sequence of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 2118, a GABA-Producing Strain

Letícia C Oliveira; Tessália D L Saraiva; Siomar C Soares; Rommel T J Ramos; Pablo H C G Sá; Adriana R Carneiro; Fábio Miranda; Matheus Freire; Wendel Renan; Alberto F O Júnior; Anderson R Santos; Anne C Pinto; Bianca M Souza; Camila P Castro; Carlos A A Diniz; Clarissa S Rocha; Diego C B Mariano; Edgar L de Aguiar; Edson L Folador; Eudes G V Barbosa; Flavia F Aburjaile; Lucas A Gonçalves; Luís C Guimarães; Marcela Azevedo; Pamela C M Agresti; Renata F Silva; Sandeep Tiwari; Sintia S Almeida; Syed S Hassan; Vanessa B Pereira; Vinicius A C Abreu; Ulisses P Pereira; Fernanda A Dorella; Alex F Carvalho; Felipe L Pereira; Carlos A G Leal; Henrique C P Figueiredo; Artur Silva; Anderson Miyoshi; Vasco Azevedo

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00980-14

Genome Sequence of Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 2118, a GABA-Producing Strain

Genome Announc. 2014 Oct 2;2(5):e00980-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00980-14.

Authors

Letícia C Oliveira¹, Tessália D L Saraiva¹, Siomar C Soares¹, Rommel T J Ramos², Pablo H C G Sá², Adriana R Carneiro¹, Fábio Miranda², Matheus Freire², Wendel Renan², Alberto F O Júnior¹, Anderson R Santos¹, Anne C Pinto¹, Bianca M Souza¹, Camila P Castro¹, Carlos A A Diniz¹, Clarissa S Rocha¹, Diego C B Mariano¹, Edgar L de Aguiar¹, Edson L Folador¹, Eudes G V Barbosa¹, Flavia F Aburjaile¹, Lucas A Gonçalves¹, Luís C Guimarães¹, Marcela Azevedo¹, Pamela C M Agresti¹, Renata F Silva¹, Sandeep Tiwari¹, Sintia S Almeida¹, Syed S Hassan¹, Vanessa B Pereira¹, Vinicius A C Abreu¹, Ulisses P Pereira¹, Fernanda A Dorella³, Alex F Carvalho³, Felipe L Pereira³, Carlos A G Leal³, Henrique C P Figueiredo³, Artur Silva², Anderson Miyoshi¹, Vasco Azevedo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biologic Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
² Institute of Biologic Sciences, Federal University of Pará, Belém, PA, Brazil.
³ AQUACEN, National Reference Laboratory for Aquatic Animal Diseases, Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
⁴ Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Genetics, Institute of Biologic Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil vasco@icb.ufmg.br.

Abstract

Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis NCDO 2118 is a nondairy lactic acid bacterium, a xylose fermenter, and a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) producer isolated from frozen peas. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of L. lactis NCDO 2118, a strain with probiotic potential activity.