Whole-genome sequencing of a pandoravirus isolated from keratitis-inducing acanthamoeba

M H Antwerpen; E Georgi; L Zoeller; R Woelfel; K Stoecker; P Scheid

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00136-15

Whole-genome sequencing of a pandoravirus isolated from keratitis-inducing acanthamoeba

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 26;3(2):e00136-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00136-15.

Authors

M H Antwerpen¹, E Georgi², L Zoeller², R Woelfel², K Stoecker², P Scheid³

Affiliations

¹ Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany markusantwerpen@bundeswehr.org.
² Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany.
³ Laboratory of Medical Parasitology, Central Institute of the Bundeswehr Medical Service, Koblenz, Germany.

Abstract

Following the recent discovery of two Pandoravirus species in 2013, a previously described endocytobiont isolated from the inflamed eye of a patient with keratitis was subjected to whole-genome sequencing (WGS). Here, we present the complete genome sequence of a new Pandoravirus isolate.