Finished Whole-Genome Sequence of Clostridium argentinense Producing Botulinum Neurotoxin Type G

Jessica L Halpin; Karen Hill; Shannon L Johnson; David Carlton Bruce; T Brian Shirey; Janet K Dykes; Carolina Lúquez

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00380-17

Finished Whole-Genome Sequence of Clostridium argentinense Producing Botulinum Neurotoxin Type G

Genome Announc. 2017 May 25;5(21):e00380-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00380-17.

Authors

Jessica L Halpin¹, Karen Hill², Shannon L Johnson², David Carlton Bruce², T Brian Shirey³, Janet K Dykes³, Carolina Lúquez³

Affiliations

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA JLHalpin@cdc.gov.
² Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

Here, we present a closed genome sequence for Clostridium argentinense strain 89G, the first strain identified to produce botulinum neurotoxin type G (BoNT/G). Although discovered in 1970, to date, there have been no reference quality sequences publicly available for this species.