Draft Genome Sequence of a Tetracycline-Resistant Plesiomonas shigelloides Strain Isolated from Aquaculture-Reared Tilapia

Ana F M Martins; Herrison Fontana; Beatriz M Moreira; Raquel R Bonelli

doi:10.1128/MRA.00832-18

Draft Genome Sequence of a Tetracycline-Resistant Plesiomonas shigelloides Strain Isolated from Aquaculture-Reared Tilapia

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Jul 19;7(2):e00832-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00832-18. eCollection 2018 Jul.

Authors

Ana F M Martins^#¹, Herrison Fontana^#¹, Beatriz M Moreira¹, Raquel R Bonelli¹

Affiliation

¹ Laboratório de Investigação em Microbiologia Médica, Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

We hereby present the 3.7-Mb draft genome sequence of Plesiomonas shigelloides strain FM82, isolated from a tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) reared in a fish farm in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. P. shigelloides strain FM82 carries antimicrobial resistance, biofilm, and CRISPR-related genes.