Complete genome sequence of Enterococcus faecium strain AK_C_05 with potential characteristics applicable in livestock industry

Hyunok Doo; Jin Ho Cho; Minho Song; Eun Sol Kim; Sheena Kim; Gi Beom Keum; Jinok Kwak; Sriniwas Pandey; Sumin Ryu; Yejin Choi; Juyoun Kang; Hyeun Bum Kim; Ju-Hoon Lee

doi:10.5187/jast.2023.e103

Complete genome sequence of Enterococcus faecium strain AK_C_05 with potential characteristics applicable in livestock industry

J Anim Sci Technol. 2024 Mar;66(2):438-441. doi: 10.5187/jast.2023.e103. Epub 2024 Mar 31.

Authors

Hyunok Doo¹, Jin Ho Cho², Minho Song³, Eun Sol Kim¹, Sheena Kim¹, Gi Beom Keum¹, Jinok Kwak¹, Sriniwas Pandey¹, Sumin Ryu¹, Yejin Choi¹, Juyoun Kang¹, Hyeun Bum Kim¹, Ju-Hoon Lee^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal Biotechnology, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea.
² Division of Food and Animal Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea.
³ Division of Animal and Dairy Science, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 34134, Korea.
⁴ Department of Food Animal Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
⁵ Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.
⁶ Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea.

Abstract

The Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) strain AK_C_05 was isolated from cheonggukjang, the Korean traditional food, collected from a local market in South Korea. In this report, we presented the complete genome sequence of E. faecium strain AK_C_05. The genome of E. faecium strain AK_C_05 genome consisted of one circular chromosome (2,691,319 bp) with a guanine + cytosine (GC) content of 38.3% and one circular plasmid (177,732 bp) with a GC content of 35.48%. The Annotation results revealed 2,827 protein-coding sequences (CDSs), 18 rRNAs, and 68 tRNA genes. It possesses genes, which encodes enzymes such as alpha-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.22), beta-glucosidase (EC 3.2.1.21) and alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase (EC 3.2.1.55) enabling efficient utilization of carbohydrates. Based on Clusters of Orthologous Groups analysis, E. faecium strain AK_C_05 showed specialization in carbohydrate transport and metabolism indicating the ability to generate energy using a variety of carbohydrates.

Keywords: Carbohydrates; Enterococcus faecium; Livestock.