A Novel Member of Chitinophagaceae Isolated from a Human Peritoneal Tumor

Alexander S Lo; D Scott Merrell; Haiyan Lei; Armando Sardi; Thomas McAvoy; Traci L Testerman

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01297-15

A Novel Member of Chitinophagaceae Isolated from a Human Peritoneal Tumor

Genome Announc. 2015 Nov 12;3(6):e01297-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01297-15.

Authors

Alexander S Lo¹, D Scott Merrell¹, Haiyan Lei², Armando Sardi³, Thomas McAvoy⁴, Traci L Testerman⁵

Affiliations

¹ Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² Human Tissue Microbiology Laboratory, Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
³ Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
⁴ University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
⁵ University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA traci.testerman@uscmed.sc.edu.

Abstract

Peritoneal tumors from a rare malignancy, pseudomyxoma peritonei, frequently contain bacteria. Evidence suggests that tumor-associated bacteria contribute to pseudomyxoma peritonei development and/or progression. One unique isolate (PMP191F) was characterized via whole-genome sequencing using the Illumina MiSeq platform. PMP191F shows similarities to the Chitinophaga, Niastella, and Flavitalea genera.

Grants and funding

P20 GM103641/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States