A high-quality reference genome for the fish pathogen Streptococcus iniae.

ABSTRACT: Fish mortality caused by Streptococcus iniae is a major economic problem in aquaculture in warm and temperate regions globally. There is also risk of zoonotic infection by S. iniae through handling of contaminated fish. In this study, we present the complete genome sequence of S. iniae strain QMA0248, isolated from farmed barramundi in South Australia. The 2.12 Mb genome of S. iniae QMA0248 carries a 32 kb prophage, a 12 kb genomic island and 92 discrete insertion sequence (IS) elements. These include nine novel IS types that belong mostly to the IS3 family. Comparative and phylogenetic analysis between S. iniae QMA0248 and publicly available complete S. iniae genomes revealed discrepancies that are probably due to misassembly in the genomes

SUBMITTER: Alsheikh-Hussain AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9176272 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature