Complete Genome Sequence of Lactococcus lactis Strain AI06, an Endophyte of the Amazonian Açaí Palm

John Anthony McCulloch; Viviane Matoso de Oliveira; André Vicioli de Almeida Pina; Paula Juliana Pérez-Chaparro; Lara Mendes de Almeida; Janaina Mota de Vasconcelos; Layanna Freitas de Oliveira; Daisy Elaine Andrade da Silva; Hervé Louis Ghislain Rogez; Marina Cretenet; Elsa Masae Mamizuka; Marcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01225-14

Complete Genome Sequence of Lactococcus lactis Strain AI06, an Endophyte of the Amazonian Açaí Palm

Genome Announc. 2014 Nov 20;2(6):e01225-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01225-14.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil johnmcc@usp.br.
² Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Department of Periodontology, Dental Research Division, University of Guarulhos, Guarulhos, Brazil.
⁴ Centre for Technological Innovation (CIT), Evandro Chagas Institute, Ministry of Health, Ananindeua, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Food Engineering, Federal University of Pará, and Centre for Agro-food Valorization of Amazonian Bioactive Compounds, Belém, Brazil.
⁶ Research Unit Aliments Bioprocedes Toxicologie Environnements (URABTE) EA 4651, IFR146 ICORE, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, Caen, France.

Abstract

We report the genome, in a single chromosome, of Lactococcus lactis strain AI06, isolated from the mesocarp of the açaí fruit (Euterpe oleracea) in eastern Amazonia, Brazil. This strain is an endophyte of the açaí palm and also a component of the microbiota of the edible food product.