Complete genome sequence of Weeksella virosa type strain (9751 T )

virosa Holmes et al. 1987 is the sole member and type species of the genus Weeksella which belongs to the family Flavobacteriaceae of the phylum Bacteroidetes . Twenty-nine isolates, collected from clinical specimens provided the basis for the taxon description. While the species seems to be a saprophyte of the mucous membranes of healthy man and warm-blooded animals a causal relationship with disease has been reported in a few in-stances. Except for the ability to produce indole and to hydrolyze Tween and proteins such as casein and gelatin, this aerobic, non-motile, non-pigmented bacterial species is metabolically inert in most traditional biochemical tests. The 2,272,954 bp long genome with its 2,105 pro-tein-coding and 76 RNA genes consists of one circular chromosome and is a part of the G enomic E ncyclopedia of B acteria and A rchaea project. Author Statement (i.e., a direct report exists in the literature); NAS: Non-traceable Author Statement (i.e., not directly observed for the living, isolated sample, but based on a general-ly accepted property for the species, or anecdotal evidence). These evidence codes are from of the Gene Ontology project [36]. If the evidence code is IDA, then the property was directly observed by one of the authors or an expert mentioned in the acknowledgements.