Complete Genome Sequence of Arcanobacterium sp. Strain 2701, Isolated from a Harbor Seal

Abstract

Arcanobacterium spp. are Gram-positive bacteria which can be found in a wide range of hosts and can be associated with disease in humans and animals. Here, we announce the complete genome sequence of Arcanobacterium sp. strain 2701, isolated from a harbor seal from the North Sea.

Arcanobacterium buesumense sp. nov., isolated from an anal swab of a male harbour seal (Phoca vitulina)

“…Sequencing procedures for strain 2701 T were already described by Borowiak et al . [15]. Briefly, genomic DNA was extracted after cultivation for 48 h at 37 °C under microaerobic conditions on sheep blood agar using the MagMAX Microbiome Ultra nucleic acid isolation kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific).…”

“…The Whole Genome Shotgun project was deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession number NZ_CP050804.1. The MinION and Illumina sequencing data were deposited in the NCBI Sequence Read Archive under the accession numbers SRX8129176 and SRX8130151, respectively [15].…”

“…The resulting reads were trimmed using Porechop version 0.2.3 (https://github.com/rrwick/Porechop) and quality checked using NanoStat version 1.2.1. Both data sets were de novo assembled and circularized using Unicycler version 0.4.4 including Pilon [14,15]. The assembly provided a closed chromosome of 1 941 174 bp with a G+C content of 49 mol%.…”

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 ).…”