title: Draft genome sequence of high-melanin-yielding Aeromonas media strain WS.
abstract: We sequenced the genome of the high-melanin-yielding Aeromonas media strain WS and then analyzed genes potentially involved in melanin formation. The 4.2-Mb draft genome carries multiple genes responsible for pyomelanin synthesis and other candidate genes identified in our separate study, which have no homolog in other strains of Aeromonas species.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Virology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
authors.forename: Baozhong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chai
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiangdong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D053898:Biosynthetic Pathways / Q000235:genetics; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D008543:Melanins / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008543:Melanins; C023793:pyomelanin