Complete Genome of Enterobacteriaceae Bacterium Strain FGI 57, a Strain Associated with Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens

نویسندگان

  • Frank O. Aylward
  • Daniel M. Tremmel
  • David C. Bruce
  • Patrick Chain
  • Amy Chen
  • Karen Walston Davenport
  • Chris Detter
  • Cliff S. Han
  • James Han
  • Marcel Huntemann
  • Natalia N. Ivanova
  • Nikos C. Kyrpides
  • Victor Markowitz
  • Kostas Mavrommatis
  • Matt Nolan
  • Ioanna Pagani
  • Amrita Pati
  • Sam Pitluck
  • Shweta Deshpande
  • Lynne Goodwin
  • Tanja Woyke
  • Cameron R. Currie
چکیده

The Enterobacteriaceae bacterium strain FGI 57 was isolated from a fungus garden of the leaf-cutter ant Atta colombica. Analysis of its single 4.76-Mbp chromosome will shed light on community dynamics and plant biomass degradation in ant fungus gardens.

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تاریخ انتشار 2013