Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain PH1339, Which Causes Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in Shrimp in the Philippines

Sarah Mae U Penir; Leobert D Dela Pena; Nikko Alvin R Cabillon; Angela Denise P Bilbao; Edgar C Amar; Cynthia P Saloma

doi:10.1128/MRA.01020-19

Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain PH1339, Which Causes Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in Shrimp in the Philippines

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Nov 14;8(46):e01020-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01020-19.

Authors

Sarah Mae U Penir^{1

2}, Leobert D Dela Pena³, Nikko Alvin R Cabillon³, Angela Denise P Bilbao³, Edgar C Amar⁴, Cynthia P Saloma^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
² Philippine Genome Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.
³ Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture Department, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines.
⁴ Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture Department, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines eamar@seafdec.org.ph cpsaloma@mbb.upd.edu.ph.
⁵ National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines eamar@seafdec.org.ph cpsaloma@mbb.upd.edu.ph.

Abstract

We report the first draft genome sequence of an acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND)-causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain isolated from a Penaeus vannamei sample from the Philippines. The strain carries the genes encoding the Pir-like toxin pair PirA^vp and PirB^vp.