Complete genome sequence of Brevibacterium linens SMQ-1335.

Authors: de Melo, Alessandra G and Labrie, Simon J and Dumaresq, Jeannot and Roberts, Richard J and Tremblay, Denise M and Moineau, Sylvain

Brevibacterium linens is one of the main bacteria found in the smear of surface-ripened cheeses. The genome of the industrial strain SMQ-1335 was sequenced using PacBio. It has 4,209,935 bp, a 62.6% G+C content, 3,848 open reading frames, and 61 structural RNAs. A new type I restriction-modification system was identified. Copyright © 2016 de Melo et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01242-16
Year: 2016

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