Complete Genome Sequence of Arcanobacterium phocisimile Strain DSM 26142, Isolated from a Harbor Seal

Abstract

Bacteria of the genus Arcanobacterium can be found in a variety of hosts. The species Arcanobacterium phocisimile was originally identified in a free-living harbor seal in the German North Sea in 2004. Here, we announce the complete genome sequence of Arcanobacterium phocisimile strain DSM 26142.

Arcanobacterium pinnipediorum Strain DSM 28752 Isolated from a Harbour Seal: Complete Genome Sequence

“…In harbor seals and other marine mammals, Arcanobacterium phocae is widespread and sometimes associated with wound infections ( 6 , 7 ). Routine microbial diagnostic investigations performed as part of a program monitoring harbor seals in the German North Sea revealed that harbor seals also appear to be a natural reservoir for other Arcanobacterium species, as three novel species were identified—namely, Arcanobacterium phocisimile ( 8 , 9 ), A. buesumense ( 10 , 11 ), and A. pinnipediorum ( 1 , 12 ).…”

“…genomes available at NCBI. All genomes were locally annotated using Prokka v1.1.3 ( 18 ), and a maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree was constructed by amino acid sequence comparison of 107 single-copy core genes using bcgTree v1.1.0 ( 19 ) as previously described ( 9 ). The resulting phylogenetic tree ( Fig.…”