Gene clusters of Hafnia alvei strain FB1 important in survival and pathogenesis: a draft genome perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hafnia alvei is an opportunistic pathogen involved in various types of nosocomical infections. The species has been found to inhabit food and mammalian guts. However, its status as an enteropathogen, and whether the food-inhabiting strains could be a source of gastrointestinal infection remains obscure. In this report we present a draft genome of H. alvei strain FB1 isolated from fish paste meatball, a food popular among Malaysian and Chinese populations. The data was generated on the Illumina MiSeq platform.

Results

A comparative study was carried out on FB1 against two other previously sequenced H. alvei genomes. Several gene clusters putatively involved in survival and pathogenesis of H. alvei FB1 in food and gut environment were characterised in this study. Th

SUBMITTER: Tan JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4114107 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature