Draft Genome Sequences of Actinomyces timonensis Strain 7400942T and Its Prophage

• Published in: Journal of Bacteriology Vol. 194; no. 23; pp. 6613 - 6614
• Main Authors: Gorlas, Aurore, Gimenez, Grégory, Raoult, Didier, Roux, Véronique
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Actinomyces; Actinomyces - genetics; Actinomyces - isolation & purification; Actinomyces - virology; Actinomycosis - microbiology; bacteria; Bacteriology; Biological and medical sciences; DNA Transposable Elements; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; DNA, Viral - chemistry; DNA, Viral - genetics; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genes, Bacterial; genome; Genome Announcements; Genome, Bacterial; Genome, Viral; Humans; loci; Microbiology; Miscellaneous; Molecular Sequence Data; nucleotide sequences; Osteoarthritis - microbiology; Prophages - genetics; proteins; proviruses; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Actinomycetales; Actinomycetaceae; Nucleotide sequence; Actinomyces; Bacteria; Actinomycetes; Provirus; Strain

A draft genome sequence of Actinomyces timonensis, an anaerobic bacterium isolated from a human clinical osteoarticular sample, is described here. CRISPR-associated proteins, insertion sequence, and toxin-antitoxin loci were found on the genome. A new virus or provirus, AT-1, was characterized.