Draft Genome Sequences of Biosafety Level 2 Opportunistic Pathogens Isolated from the Environmental Surfaces of the International Space Station

Aleksandra Checinska Sielaff; Nitin K Singh; Jonathan E Allen; James Thissen; Crystal Jaing; Kasthuri Venkateswaran

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01263-16

Draft Genome Sequences of Biosafety Level 2 Opportunistic Pathogens Isolated from the Environmental Surfaces of the International Space Station

Genome Announc. 2016 Dec 29;4(6):e01263-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01263-16.

Authors

Aleksandra Checinska Sielaff¹, Nitin K Singh¹, Jonathan E Allen², James Thissen², Crystal Jaing², Kasthuri Venkateswaran³

Affiliations

¹ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
² Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA.
³ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA kjvenkat@jpl.nasa.gov.

Abstract

The draft genome sequences of 20 biosafety level 2 (BSL-2) opportunistic pathogens isolated from the environmental surfaces of the International Space Station (ISS) were presented. These genomic sequences will help in understanding the influence of microgravity on the pathogenicity and virulence of these strains when compared with Earth strains.