Draft genome sequence of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Avery strain A66

Hahn, Christoph; Harrison, Ewan M.; Parkhill, Julian; Holmes, Mark A.; Paterson, Gavin K.

Abstract

We have used HiSeq 2000 technology to generate a draft genome sequence of Streptococcus pneumoniae strain A66. This is a common study strain used in investigations of pneumococcal bacterium-host interactions and was used in the seminal genetic studies of Avery et al.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 15, 2018
• Journal: Genome announcements
• Electronic ISSN: 2169-8287
• Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 3
• Article Number: e00697-15
• Institution Citation: Hahn, C., Harrison, E. M., Parkhill, J., Holmes, M. A., & Paterson, G. K. (2018). Draft genome sequence of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Avery strain A66. Genome announcements, 3(3), https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00697-15
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00697-15
• Keywords: Streptococcus pneumoniae strain A66, Bacterial genetics
• Publisher URL: http://genomea.asm.org/content/3/3/e00697-15.abstract
• Copyright Statement: This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license
• Additional Information: Copy of article first published in: Genome announcements, 2015, v.3 e00697-15.