Improved Hybrid Genome Assemblies of Two Strains of Bacteroides xylanisolvens, SD_CC_1b and SD_CC_2a, Obtained Using Illumina and 454 Sequencing Technologies

Thiruvarangan Ramaraj; Anitha Sundararajan; Faye D Schilkey; Vito G Delvecchio; Mildred Donlon; Cherie Ziemer; Joann Mudge

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00237-14

Improved Hybrid Genome Assemblies of Two Strains of Bacteroides xylanisolvens, SD_CC_1b and SD_CC_2a, Obtained Using Illumina and 454 Sequencing Technologies

Genome Announc. 2014 Apr 3;2(2):e00237-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00237-14.

Authors

Thiruvarangan Ramaraj¹, Anitha Sundararajan, Faye D Schilkey, Vito G Delvecchio, Mildred Donlon, Cherie Ziemer, Joann Mudge

Affiliation

¹ National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR), Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.

Abstract

Bacteroides xlyanisolvens strains (SD_CC_1b, SD_CC_2a) isolated from human feces were grown on crystalline cellulose. Cellulolytic properties are not common in Bacteroides species. Here, we report improved genome sequences of both of the B. xlyanisolvens strains.

Grants and funding

P20 GM103451/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States