Complete Genome Sequences of Four Bacteria Isolated from the Gut of a Spiny Ant ()

Overview

Journal Microbiol Resour Announc

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2022 Jun 6

PMID 35658703

Authors

Sora Ishikawa

Muyang Huang

Atsuki Tomita

Yu Kurihara

Riki Watanabe

Hironori Iwai

Kazuharu Arakawa

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Abstract

We isolated and sequenced the complete genomes of four bacteria from the gut contents of a spiny ant () sampled from a primeval beech forest in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. The isolates belong to the genera , , , and and provide insights into the functional roles of microbiomes of ants.

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