Complete Genome Sequence of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Isolated from the Gut of a Healthy Indian Adult

Satyabrata Bag; Tarini Shankar Ghosh; Bhabatosh Das

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01286-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Faecalibacterium prausnitzii Isolated from the Gut of a Healthy Indian Adult

Genome Announc. 2017 Nov 16;5(46):e01286-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01286-17.

Authors

Satyabrata Bag¹, Tarini Shankar Ghosh¹, Bhabatosh Das²

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Centre for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India.
² Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Centre for Human Microbial Ecology, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India bhabatosh@thsti.res.in.

Abstract

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is the most abundant (~4%) member of the phylum Firmicutes found in the colon of healthy humans. It is a strict anaerobe and plays an important role in intestinal homeostasis. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of F. prausnitzii strain Indica.