Draft Genome Sequence of Enterococcus faecium Strain LCT-EF301, Which Shows Changes in Biochemical Metabolism following Space Flight

Zhenhong Chen; Yinhu Li; De Chang; Li An; Yinghua Guo; Junfeng Wang; Tianzhi Li; Yajuan Wang; Xiaojun Zhang; Wenkui Dai; Changting Liu

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00103-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Enterococcus faecium Strain LCT-EF301, Which Shows Changes in Biochemical Metabolism following Space Flight

Genome Announc. 2014 May 1;2(2):e00103-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00103-14.

Authors

Zhenhong Chen¹, Yinhu Li, De Chang, Li An, Yinghua Guo, Junfeng Wang, Tianzhi Li, Yajuan Wang, Xiaojun Zhang, Wenkui Dai, Changting Liu

Affiliation

¹ Nanlou Respiratory Diseases Department, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.

Abstract

An Enterococcus faecium strain was sent into space on the Shenzhou-VIII mission. After the space flight, the strain E. faecium LCT-EF301 was isolated and sequenced based on the changes to its metabolic properties.