title: Whole-Genome Sequences and Classification of Streptococcus agalactiae Strains Isolated from Laboratory-Reared Long-Evans Rats (Rattus norvegicus).
abstract: In collaboration with the CDC's Streptococcus Laboratory, we report here the whole-genome sequences of seven Streptococcus agalactiae bacteria isolated from laboratory-reared Long-Evans rats. Four of the S. agalactiae isolates were associated with morbidity accompanied by endocarditis, metritis, and fatal septicemia, providing an opportunity for comparative genomic analysis of this opportunistic pathogen.
authors.affiliation: Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2512-4566
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bodi Winn
authors.affiliation: Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dzink-Fox
authors.affiliation: Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.affiliation: Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bakthavatchalu
authors.affiliation: Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA jgfox@mit.edu.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Fox