title: Genome sequence of Kingella kingae septic arthritis isolate PYKK081.
abstract: Kingella kingae is a human oral bacterium that can cause infections of the skeletal system in children. The bacterium is also a cardiovascular pathogen causing infective endocarditis in children and adults. We report herein the draft genome sequence of septic arthritis K. kingae strain PYKK081.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Biology, New Jersey Dental School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Chienchi
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Gary
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Shannon L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Patrick S G
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Chain
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: Scott C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kachlany
authors.forename: Nataliya V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Balashova
mesh_terms: D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*