Complete Genome Sequence of the New Urolithin-Producing Bacterium Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens DSM 27213T

Juan F Martinez-Blanch; Daniel Ramón; David Beltrán; María Romo-Vaquero; Rocío García-Villalba; Juan C Espín; Francisco A Tomás-Barberán; Francisco M Codoñer; María V Selma

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01120-17

Complete Genome Sequence of the New Urolithin-Producing Bacterium Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens DSM 27213^T

Genome Announc. 2017 Dec 14;5(50):e01120-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01120-17.

Authors

Juan F Martinez-Blanch¹, Daniel Ramón², David Beltrán³, María Romo-Vaquero³, Rocío García-Villalba³, Juan C Espín³, Francisco A Tomás-Barberán³, Francisco M Codoñer⁴, María V Selma⁵

Affiliations

¹ Lifesequencing SL, Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
² Biópolis SL, Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
³ Laboratory of Food and Health, Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain.
⁴ Lifesequencing SL, Paterna, Valencia, Spain fcodoner@lifesequencing.com mvselma@cebas.csic.es.
⁵ Laboratory of Food and Health, Research Group on Quality, Safety and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, CEBAS-CSIC, Murcia, Spain fcodoner@lifesequencing.com mvselma@cebas.csic.es.

Abstract

Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens DSM 27213^T was isolated from human feces and is able to metabolize ellagic acid (a dietary phenolic compound present in various fruits) to urolithins. Here, we report the finished and annotated genome sequence of this organism.