Complete genome sequence of the new urolithin-producing bacterium Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens DSM 27213T.

Authors: Martinez-Blanch, Juan F and Ramón, Daniel and Beltrán, David and Romo-Vaquero, María and García-Villalba, Rocío and Espín, Juan C and Tomás-Barberán, Francisco A and Codoñer, Francisco M and Selma, María V

Gordonibacter urolithinfaciens DSM 27213T was isolated from human feces and is able to metabolize ellagic acid (a dietary phenolic compound present in various fruits) to urolithins. Here, we report the finished and annotated genome sequence of this organism.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01120-17
Year: 2017

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