Draft Genome Sequence of the Probiotic Yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus fragilis B0399

Sara Quarella; Paola Lovrovich; Simone Scalabrin; Ilenia Campedelli; Ana Backovic; Veronica Gatto; Federica Cattonaro; Alessandro Turello; Sandra Torriani; Giovanna E Felis

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00923-16

Draft Genome Sequence of the Probiotic Yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus fragilis B0399

Genome Announc. 2016 Sep 1;4(5):e00923-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00923-16.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
² Laboratori Turval S.r.l, Udine, Italy.
³ IGA Technology Services S.r.l., Udine, Italy.
⁴ Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy sandra.torriani@univr.it.

Abstract

Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Kluyveromyces marxianus fragilis B0399, the first yeast approved as a probiotic for human consumption not belonging to the genus Saccharomyces The genome is composed of 8 chromosomes, with a total size of 11.44 Mb, including mitochondrial DNA.

Grants and funding

This research was funded by the University of Verona and by the company Laboratori Turval S.r.l. (Udine, Italy) in the framework of Joint-Project 2014, For Optimized ResisTance of fragilIS Kluyveromyces (FORTIS-Klu), of the University of Verona.