Draft Genome Perspective of Staphylococcus saprophyticus Strain SU8, an N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Degrading Bacterium

Kok-Gan Chan; Joanita Sulaiman; Delicia Ann Yong; Kok Keng Tee; Wai-Fong Yin; Kumutha Priya

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01097-15

Draft Genome Perspective of Staphylococcus saprophyticus Strain SU8, an N-Acyl Homoserine Lactone-Degrading Bacterium

Genome Announc. 2015 Sep 24;3(5):e01097-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01097-15.

Authors

Kok-Gan Chan¹, Joanita Sulaiman², Delicia Ann Yong³, Kok Keng Tee⁴, Wai-Fong Yin³, Kumutha Priya³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia kokgan@um.edu.my.
² Institute for Public Health, National Institutes of Health Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Division of Genetics and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Abstract

Staphylococcus saprophyticus strain SU8 was isolated from a pristine water source in Malaysia and it exhibited degradation of N-hexanoylhomoserine lactone. Here we report the draft genome sequence of S. saprophyticus strain SU8 to further understand its quorum quenching abilities.