Two Complete and One Draft Genome Sequence of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type E Strains NCTC 8266, NCTC 8550, and NCTC 11219

Charlien Clauwers; Yves Briers; Rob Lavigne; Chris W Michiels

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00083-15

Two Complete and One Draft Genome Sequence of Nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum Type E Strains NCTC 8266, NCTC 8550, and NCTC 11219

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 12;3(2):e00083-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00083-15.

Authors

Charlien Clauwers¹, Yves Briers², Rob Lavigne², Chris W Michiels³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.
² Laboratory of Gene Technology, Department of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.
³ Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems and Leuven Food Science and Nutrition Research Centre (LFoRCe), KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium chris.michiels@biw.kuleuven.be.

Abstract

Group II (gII) nonproteolytic Clostridium botulinum strains are a major cause of foodborne botulism outbreaks. Here, we report two complete genome sequences of gII type E strains NCTC 8266 and NCTC 8550 and one draft genome sequence of type E NCTC 11219.