Complete genome sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae strain SA20-06, a fish pathogen associated to meningoencephalitis outbreaks.

Abstract

Streptococcus agalactiae (Lancefield group B; GBS) is the causative agent of meningoencephalitis in fish, mastitis in cows, and neonatal sepsis in humans. Meningoencephalitis is a major health problem for tilapia farming and is responsible for high economic losses worldwide. Despite its importance, the genomic characteristics and the main molecular mechanisms involved in virulence of S. agalactiae isolated from fish are still poorly understood. Here, we present the genomic features of the 1,820,886 bp long complete genome sequence of S. agalactiae SA20-06 isolated from a meningoencephalitis outbreak in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from Brazil, and its annotation, consisting of 1,710 protein-coding genes (excluding pseudogenes), 7 rRNA operons, 79 tRNA genes and 62 pseudogenes.

• Authors: Ulisses de Pádua Pereira, Anderson Rodrigues Dos Santos, Syed Shah Hassan, Flávia Figueira Aburjaile, Siomar de Castro Soares, Rommel Thiago Jucá Ramos, Adriana Ribeiro Carneiro, Luís Carlos Guimarães, Sintia Silva de Almeida, Carlos Augusto Almeida Diniz, Maria Silvanira Barbosa, Pablo Gomes de Sá, Amjad Ali, Syeda Marriam Bakhtiar, Fernanda Alves Dorella, Adhemar Zerlotini, Flávio Marcos Gomes Araújo, Laura Rabelo Leite, Guilherme Oliveira, Anderson Miyoshi, Artur Silva, Vasco Azevedo, Henrique César Pereira Figueiredo
• Journal: Standards in genomic sciences (Stand Genomic Sci) Vol. 8 Issue 2 Pg. 188-97 ( 2013) ISSN: 1944-3277 [Print] England
• PMID: 23991251 (Publication Type: Journal Article)