Complete Genome Sequence of Moraxella catarrhalis Strain CCRI-195ME, Isolated from the Middle Ear

Aimee Tan; Luke V Blakeway; Lauren O Bakaletz; Matthew Boitano; Tyson A Clark; Jonas Korlach; Michael P Jennings; Ian R Peak; Kate L Seib

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00384-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Moraxella catarrhalis Strain CCRI-195ME, Isolated from the Middle Ear

Genome Announc. 2017 May 25;5(21):e00384-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00384-17.

Authors

Aimee Tan¹, Luke V Blakeway¹, Lauren O Bakaletz², Matthew Boitano³, Tyson A Clark³, Jonas Korlach³, Michael P Jennings¹, Ian R Peak¹, Kate L Seib⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
² Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
³ Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, California, USA.
⁴ Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia k.seib@griffith.edu.au.

Abstract

Moraxella catarrhalis is an important bacterial pathogen that causes otitis media and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of M. catarrhalis strain CCRI-195ME, which contains the phase-variable epigenetic regulator ModM3.

Grants and funding

N01 AI030040/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States