Draft Genome Sequence of Pediococcus parvulus 2.6, a Probiotic β-Glucan Producer Strain

Adrián Pérez-Ramos; M Luz Mohedano; Ana Puertas; Antonella Lamontanara; Luigi Orru; Giuseppe Spano; Vittorio Capozzi; M Teresa Dueñas; Paloma López

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01381-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Pediococcus parvulus 2.6, a Probiotic β-Glucan Producer Strain

Genome Announc. 2016 Dec 15;4(6):e01381-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01381-16.

Authors

Adrián Pérez-Ramos¹, M Luz Mohedano¹, Ana Puertas², Antonella Lamontanara³, Luigi Orru³, Giuseppe Spano⁴, Vittorio Capozzi⁴, M Teresa Dueñas², Paloma López⁵

Affiliations

¹ Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain.
² Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain.
³ Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA)-Genomics Research Centre, Fiorenzuola d'Arda (PC), Italy.
⁴ Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
⁵ Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain plg@cib.csic.es.

Abstract

We report here the draft genome sequence of the probiotic Pediococcus parvulus 2.6, a lactic acid bacterial strain isolated from ropy cider. The bacterium produces a prebiotic and immunomodulatory exopolysaccharide, and this is the first strain of the P. parvulus species whose genome has been characterized.

Grants and funding

P.L., M.T.D., and G.S. are supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness grants AGL2012-40084-C03 and AGL2015-65010-C3-1-R. A.P.-R. is a Ph.D. student supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness grant BES-2013-065157. V.C. was supported by a grant from the Apulian Region in the framework of the “FutureInResearch” program (practice code 9OJ4W81).