Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus sakei Strain FBL1, a Probiotic Bacterium Isolated from Mukeunji, a Long-Fermented Kimchi, in South Korea

Jae-Hwan Kim; Eiseul Kim; Chang-Gyeom Kim; Dong-Won Choo; Hae-Yeong Kim

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00365-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus sakei Strain FBL1, a Probiotic Bacterium Isolated from Mukeunji, a Long-Fermented Kimchi, in South Korea

Genome Announc. 2016 May 12;4(3):e00365-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00365-16.

Authors

Jae-Hwan Kim¹, Eiseul Kim¹, Chang-Gyeom Kim², Dong-Won Choo², Hae-Yeong Kim³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Life Sciences and Resources, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea.
² Department of Bioinformatics and Biosystems, Korea Polytechnics, Seongnam, Republic of Korea.
³ Institute of Life Sciences and Resources, Graduate School of Biotechnology, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea hykim@khu.ac.kr.

Abstract

This report describes the 2,032,158-bp draft genome sequence of Lactobacillus sakei (L. sakei) strain FBL1, isolated from mukeunji purchased at the Gwangju World Kimchi Culture Festival in 2012, South Korea. The total draft genome size was 2,032,158 bp with a G+C content of 41.2%.

Grants and funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.