Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae CNCTC 10/84, a Hypervirulent Sequence Type 26 Strain

Thomas A Hooven; Tara M Randis; Sean C Daugherty; Apurva Narechania; Paul J Planet; Hervé Tettelin; Adam J Ratner

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01338-14

Complete Genome Sequence of Streptococcus agalactiae CNCTC 10/84, a Hypervirulent Sequence Type 26 Strain

Genome Announc. 2014 Dec 24;2(6):e01338-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01338-14.

Authors

Thomas A Hooven¹, Tara M Randis¹, Sean C Daugherty², Apurva Narechania³, Paul J Planet, Hervé Tettelin², Adam J Ratner⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
² Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
³ Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA tettelin@som.umaryland.edu ar127@columbia.edu.

Abstract

Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus [GBS]) is a human pathogen with a propensity to cause neonatal infections. We report the complete genome sequence of GBS strain CNCTC 10/84, a hypervirulent clinical isolate frequently used to study GBS pathogenesis. Comparative analysis of this sequence may shed light on novel pathogenic mechanisms.

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