Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae Strain 01173, Isolated from Kuwaiti Wild Fish

Morena Santi; Sharon A Egan; James A Leigh; David W Verner-Jeffreys; Adam M Blanchard

doi:10.1128/MRA.00674-20

Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae Strain 01173, Isolated from Kuwaiti Wild Fish

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Sep 3;9(36):e00674-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00674-20.

Authors

Morena Santi¹, Sharon A Egan¹, James A Leigh¹, David W Verner-Jeffreys², Adam M Blanchard³

Affiliations

¹ School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
² Cefas Weymouth Laboratory, Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom.
³ School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, Leicestershire, United Kingdom adam.blanchard@nottingham.ac.uk.

Abstract

Here, we report the complete genome of piscine Streptococcus agalactiae 01173 serotype Ia, which was generated using long-read sequencing technology. The bacteria were isolated from wild fish displaying signs of streptococcosis, from a fish kill incident in Kuwait.