Complete Genome Sequences of Two Streptococcus suis Strains Isolated from Asymptomatic Pigs

Atsuko Minowa-Nozawa; Takashi Nozawa; Daisuke Takamatsu; Akemi Yoshida; Kazunori Murase; Taisei Kikuchi; Kasumi Ishida-Kuroki; Yoshihiro Nitta; Tsutomu Sekizaki; Ichiro Nakagawa

doi:10.1128/MRA.01142-20

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Streptococcus suis Strains Isolated from Asymptomatic Pigs

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Nov 19;9(47):e01142-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01142-20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
² Division of Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
³ United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan.
⁴ Laboratory of Genomics, Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
⁵ Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
⁶ Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
⁷ Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan nakagawa.ichiro.7w@kyoto-u.ac.jp.

Abstract

Streptococcus suis is an important zoonotic pathogen that causes major economic problems in the pig industry worldwide and serious infections in humans, including meningitis and septicemia. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of two strains isolated from asymptomatic pigs.