Complete Genome Sequences of Francisella marina Strains E95-16 and E103-15, Isolated from Maricultured Spotted Rose Snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) on the Pacific Coast of Central America

Hasan C Tekedar; Matt J Griffin; Larry A Hanson; Geoffrey C Waldbieser; Esteban Soto

doi:10.1128/MRA.01050-20

Complete Genome Sequences of Francisella marina Strains E95-16 and E103-15, Isolated from Maricultured Spotted Rose Snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) on the Pacific Coast of Central America

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 May 6;10(18):e01050-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01050-20.

Authors

Hasan C Tekedar¹, Matt J Griffin², Larry A Hanson¹, Geoffrey C Waldbieser³, Esteban Soto⁴

Affiliations

¹ College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA.
² College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, USA matt.griffin@msstate.edu.
³ Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, Mississippi, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA.

Abstract

In 2015 and 2016, a previously unrecognized Francisella sp. was isolated from disease outbreaks in maricultured spotted rose snapper (Lutjanus guttatus) on the Pacific coast of Central America. Polyphasic analysis demonstrated these bacteria differed from any known Francisella spp. Here, the complete genomes from the recently described Francisella marina strains are released.