Draft Genome Sequences of Two Clostridium botulinum Group II Strains Carrying Phage-Like Plasmids

Brigitte Cadieux; Opeyemi U Lawal; Jean-Guillaume Emond-Rheault; Julie Jeukens; Luca Freschi; Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj; Roger C Levesque; John W Austin; Lawrence Goodridge

doi:10.1128/mra.00091-22

Draft Genome Sequences of Two Clostridium botulinum Group II Strains Carrying Phage-Like Plasmids

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2022 Jun 16;11(6):e0009122. doi: 10.1128/mra.00091-22. Epub 2022 May 18.

Authors

Brigitte Cadieux¹, Opeyemi U Lawal², Jean-Guillaume Emond-Rheault³, Julie Jeukens³, Luca Freschi³, Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj³, Roger C Levesque³, John W Austin⁴, Lawrence Goodridge²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Food Safety and Quality Program, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.
² Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
³ Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada.
⁴ Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Health Products and Food Branch, Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Abstract

Clostridium botulinum is responsible for botulism, a potentially lethal foodborne intoxication. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of C. botulinum group II strains 202F (serotype F) and Hazen (serotype E). The genomes share many similarities, including multiple mobile genetic elements.