Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma litorale TN-1T (DSM 21781), a Bacterium Isolated from a Green-Eyed Horsefly (Tabanus nigrovittatus)

Wen-Sui Lo; Yi-Ching Lai; Yun-Wei Lien; Tzu-Haw Wang; Chih-Horng Kuo

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01116-15

Complete Genome Sequence of Spiroplasma litorale TN-1T (DSM 21781), a Bacterium Isolated from a Green-Eyed Horsefly (Tabanus nigrovittatus)

Genome Announc. 2015 Oct 1;3(5):e01116-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01116-15.

Authors

Wen-Sui Lo¹, Yi-Ching Lai², Yun-Wei Lien², Tzu-Haw Wang², Chih-Horng Kuo³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung Hsing University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan.
² Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Molecular and Biological Agricultural Sciences Program, Taiwan International Graduate Program, National Chung Hsing University and Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan chk@gate.sinica.edu.tw.

Abstract

Spiroplasma litorale TN-1(T) (DSM 21781) was isolated from the gut of a green-eyed horsefly (Tabanus nigrovittatus), collected at Ocracoke Island in North Carolina in 1983. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of this bacterium to facilitate the investigation of its biology.