Complete Genome Sequence of the Highly Virulent Aeromonas hydrophila AL09-71 Isolated from Diseased Channel Catfish in West Alabama

Julia W Pridgeon; Dunhua Zhang; Lee Zhang

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00450-14

Complete Genome Sequence of the Highly Virulent Aeromonas hydrophila AL09-71 Isolated from Diseased Channel Catfish in West Alabama

Genome Announc. 2014 May 22;2(3):e00450-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00450-14.

Authors

Julia W Pridgeon¹, Dunhua Zhang², Lee Zhang³

Affiliations

¹ Aquatic Animal Health Research Unit, USDA, ARS, Auburn, Alabama, USA Julia.Pridgeon@ars.usda.gov.
² Aquatic Animal Health Research Unit, USDA, ARS, Auburn, Alabama, USA.
³ Genomics and Sequencing Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA.

Abstract

Aeromonas hydrophila AL09-71 was isolated from diseased channel catfish in west Alabama during a 2009 disease outbreak. The full genome of A. hydrophila AL09-71 is 5,023,861 bp. The availability of this genome will allow comparative genomics to identify genes involved in pathogenesis or immunogens for the purpose of vaccine development.