Abstract
We report the 6,498,072-bp complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA1, which was isolated from a patient with a respiratory tract infection in Chongqing, People's Republic of China. Whole-genome sequencing was performed using single-molecule real-time (SMRT) technology, and de novo assembly revealed a single contig with 396-fold sequence coverage.
GENOME ANNOUNCEMENT
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative rod-shaped gammaproteobacterium that grows in a wide range of ecological niches, such as soil, marshes, and coastal marine habitats, as well as on plant and animal tissues (1–3). As an opportunistic pathogen, P. aeruginosa causes a wide range of syndromes in humans that can vary from local to systemic, and sometimes its infection is life-threatening (4). P. aeruginosa is a significant pathogen associated with infections of burn victims, urinary tract infections in catheterized patients, and respiratory tract infections (2, 5). When infecting immunocompromised or cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, P. aeruginosa can lead to deadly pneumonia (6, 7). Notably, intrinsic drug resistance of P. aeruginosa makes it difficult to treat P. aeruginosa infections with antibiotics (8, 9).
As of 20 October 2015, 27 complete genome sequences of different P. aeruginosa stains have been released from the GenBank database (10) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/genomes/187). Different P. aeruginosa genomes share a remarkable amount of sequence similarity, despite having been isolated from various niches or different clinical origins (11–13). The P. aeruginosa pangenome consists of at least 4,000 core genes, approximately 10,000 accessory genes, and 30,000 or more rare genes that are present in only a few strains or clonal complexes (4). These genome sequences have provided insight into virulence, drug resistance, and biofilm formation that are related to the pathogenicity of P. aeruginosa (2, 14, 15). However, hitherto the genomic information of P. aeruginosa is still very limited for researchers to analyze, compare, and evaluate the characteristics of the species. Thus, more P. aeruginosa genome sequences are required to explore potential ways to control this versatile opportunistic pathogen.
P. aeruginosa PA1 was originally isolated from a respiratory tract infection patient in Chongqing, China. It has a lytic bacteriophage that belongs to the PaP1-like phage genus (16). The genomic DNA of P. aeruginosa PA1 was extracted from the stationary-phase cultures grown in LB broth and purified using the TIANamp bacteria DNA kit (Tiangen Biotech, Beijing, China). PacBio single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing of the PA1 genome was carried out at the Institute of Medicinal Plant Development (IMPLAD) (Beijing, China) using the PacBio RS II Instrument (Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, CA, USA) (17, 18). Libraries of 5-kb were constructed and 4 SMRT cells of the libraries were sequenced with 180-min movies. De novo assembly was performed using RS_HGAP_Assembly v. 2.0 (19), revealing a single contig with an average sequence coverage of 396-fold. The length of the PA1 genome is 6,498,072 bp, with an average G+C content of 66.35%. Genome annotation of P. aeruginosa PA1 was performed through the NCBI Prokaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline (20) (released 2013) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/annotation_prok/).
Nucleotide sequence accession number.
The complete genome sequence of P. aeruginosa PA1 has been deposited in GenBank under the accession number CP004054.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work was supported by grant 31400163 from the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
We thank Leigh A. Riley from the GenBank direct submission staff for helping us annotate the P. aeruginosa PA1 genome.
Footnotes
Citation Lu S, Le S, Li G, Shen M, Tan Y, Zhao X, Wang J, Shen W, Guo K, Yang Y, Zhu H, Li S, Li M, Zhu J, Rao X, Hu F. 2015. Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA1, isolated from a patient with a respiratory tract infection. Genome Announc 3(6):e01453-15. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01453-15.
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