title: Draft Genome Sequence of a Probiotic Strain, Lactobacillus fermentum UCO-979C.
abstract: This report describes a draft genome sequence of Lactobacillus fermentum strain UCO-979C. The reads generated by a Ion Torrent PGM were assembled into contigs, with a total size of 2.01 Mb. The data were annotated using the NCBI GenBank and RAST servers. Specific features of the genome are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Biomolecular Sciences Department, School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom a.karlyshev@kingston.ac.uk apgarcia@udec.cl.
authors.forename: Andrey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Karlyshev
authors.affiliation: Reference Centre for Lactobacilli (CERELA-CONICET), Laboratory of Immunobiotechnology, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina.
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villena
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Reference Centre for Lactobacilli (CERELA-CONICET), Laboratory of Immunobiotechnology, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina.
authors.forename: Leonardo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Albarracin
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Concepcion, Concepción, Chile a.karlyshev@kingston.ac.uk apgarcia@udec.cl.
authors.forename: Apolinaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garcia