Draft Genome Sequence of the Marine Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus RE22

Edward Spinard; Linda Kessner; Marta Gomez-Chiarri; David C Rowley; David R Nelson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01432-15

Draft Genome Sequence of the Marine Pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus RE22

Genome Announc. 2015 Dec 3;3(6):e01432-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01432-15.

Authors

Edward Spinard¹, Linda Kessner¹, Marta Gomez-Chiarri², David C Rowley³, David R Nelson⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.
² Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.
³ Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA.
⁴ Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA dnelson@uri.edu.

Abstract

Vibrio coralliilyticus RE22 is a causative agent of vibriosis in larval bivalves. We report here the draft genome sequence of V. coralliilyticus RE22 and describe additional virulence factors that may provide insight into its mechanism of pathogenicity.