Complete Genome Sequence of Akkermansia glycaniphila Strain PytT, a Mucin-Degrading Specialist of the Reticulated Python Gut

Janneke P Ouwerkerk; Jasper J Koehorst; Peter J Schaap; Jarmo Ritari; Lars Paulin; Clara Belzer; Willem M de Vos

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01098-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Akkermansia glycaniphila Strain PytT, a Mucin-Degrading Specialist of the Reticulated Python Gut

Genome Announc. 2017 Jan 5;5(1):e01098-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01098-16.

Authors

Janneke P Ouwerkerk¹, Jasper J Koehorst², Peter J Schaap², Jarmo Ritari³, Lars Paulin⁴, Clara Belzer¹, Willem M de Vos^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
² Systems and Synthetic Biology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁴ Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands willem.devos@wur.nl.
⁶ RPU Immunobiology, Department of Bacteriology & Immunology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Abstract

Akkermansia glycaniphila is a novel Akkermansia species that was isolated from the intestine of the reticulated python and shares the capacity to degrade mucin with the human strain Akkermansia muciniphila Muc^T Here, we report the complete genome sequence of strain Pyt^T of 3,074,121 bp. The genomic analysis reveals genes for mucin degradation and aerobic respiration.