Complete Genome Sequence of Leuconostoc citreum Strain NRRL B-742

Delphine Passerini; Marlène Vuillemin; Sandrine Laguerre; Myriam Amari; Valentin Loux; Valérie Gabriel; Hervé Robert; Sandrine Morel; Pierre Monsan; Bruno Gabriel; Catherine Fontagné-Faucher; Magali Remaud-Siméon; Claire Moulis

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01179-14

Complete Genome Sequence of Leuconostoc citreum Strain NRRL B-742

Genome Announc. 2014 Nov 26;2(6):e01179-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01179-14.

Affiliations

¹ Université de Toulouse, Laboratoire de Biotechnologies Agroalimentaire et Environnementale, EA 4565, Institut Universitaire de Technologie, Université Paul Sabatier, Auch, France.
² INRA, UR1077 Mathématique, Informatique et Génome, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
³ remaud@insa-toulouse.fr moulis@insa-toulouse.fr.

Abstract

Leuconostoc citreum belongs to the group of lactic acid bacteria and plays an important role in fermented foods of plant origin. Here, we report the complete genome of the Leuconostoc citreum strain NRRL B-742, isolated in 1954 for its capacity to produce dextran.