Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus crispatus JCM5810, Which Can Reduce Campylobacter jejuni Colonization in Chicken Intestine

Jessica Wooten; Xiaoji Liu; Michael J Miller

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00255-16

Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus crispatus JCM5810, Which Can Reduce Campylobacter jejuni Colonization in Chicken Intestine

Genome Announc. 2016 Apr 14;4(2):e00255-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00255-16.

Authors

Jessica Wooten¹, Xiaoji Liu¹, Michael J Miller²

Affiliations

¹ Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
² Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA mille216@illinois.edu.

Abstract

We present the 2.05-Mb draft genome sequence ofLactobacillus crispatusJCM5810, a chicken intestinal isolate with the ability to reduceCampylobacter jejunicolonization in chickens. The genome sequence will provide insights on the probiotic mechanisms ofL. crispatusJCM5810.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by funds awarded to Michael E. Konkel (Washington State University) and Michael J. Miller (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (award number 2011-67015-30772) (www.nifa.usda.gov).