Coding-Complete Genome Sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 Variant Obtained from Raw Sewage at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Campus

K T Ash; I Alamilla; Y Li; D C Joyner; D E Williams; P J McKay; B M Green; C Iler; S E DeBlander; F Kara-Murdoch; C M Swift; T C Hazen

doi:10.1128/MRA.01049-21

Coding-Complete Genome Sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 Variant Obtained from Raw Sewage at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville Campus

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Nov 24;10(47):e0104921. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01049-21. Epub 2021 Nov 24.

Authors

K T Ash^{1

2}, I Alamilla², Y Li², D C Joyner^{1

2}, D E Williams³, P J McKay², B M Green⁴, C Iler⁵, S E DeBlander⁶, F Kara-Murdoch^{1

3

7}, C M Swift^{1

3}, T C Hazen^{1

2

4

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
² Department of Civil and Environmental Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
³ Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
⁵ Facilities Services Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
⁶ College of Natural Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
⁷ Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
⁸ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
⁹ Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Abstract

Reported here is a coding-complete genome sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 variant obtained from raw wastewater samples at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville campus. This sequence provides insight into SARS-CoV-2 variants that circulate on large college campuses but remain mostly undetected.