Draft Genome Sequence of Photorhabdus luminescens Strain BA1, an Entomopathogenic Bacterium Isolated from Nematodes Found in Egypt

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Authors

Shimaa M. Ghazal, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Sheldon G. Hurst IV, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Krystalynne Morris, University of New Hampshire, Durham
Feseha Abebe-Akele, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
W. Kelley Thomas, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow
Usama M. Badr, National Research Centre
Mona A. Hussein, National Research Centre
Mohamed A. AbouZaied, University of Ain Shams
Kamal M. Khalil, National Research Centre
Louis S. Tisa, University of New Hampshire, DurhamFollow

Abstract

Photorhabdus luminescens strain BA1 is an entomopathogenic bacterium that forms a symbiotic association with Heterorhabditis nematodes. We report here a 5.0-Mbp draft genome sequence for P. luminscens strain BA1, with a G+C content of 42.46% and 4,250 candidate protein-coding genes.

Department

Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences

Publication Date

3-1-2014

Journal Title

Genome Announcements

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00396-14

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Ghazal, S., S.G. Hurst IV, K. Morris, F. Abebe-Akele, W. K. Thomas, U.M. Badr, M.A. Hussein, M.A. AbouZaied, K.M. Khalil, and L.S. Tisa. 2014. Draft Genome Sequence of Photorhabdus luminescens strain BA1, an Entomopathogenic Bacterium Isolated from Nematodes Found in Egypt. Genome Announc. 2(3):e00396-14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00396-14.

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© 2014 Ghazal et al.

Comments

This is an article published by American Society for Microbiology in Genome Announcements in 2014, available online: https://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00396-14