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. 2022 Nov 17;11(11):e0079422.
doi: 10.1128/mra.00794-22. Epub 2022 Oct 5.

Complete Genome Sequence of Metabacillus litoralis Strain NCTR108, Isolated from Commercial Tattoo Ink

Sung Guk Kim  1 , Christine V Summage-West  1 , Mariela Reyna  1 , Seong-Jae Kim  2 , Steven L Foley  2
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Complete Genome Sequence of Metabacillus litoralis Strain NCTR108, Isolated from Commercial Tattoo Ink

Sung Guk Kim et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

Metabacillus litoralis is part of the newly proposed genus Metabacillus. The bacterium was first isolated from a Yellow Sea tidal flat in 2005. As of May 2022, there are five genomic assemblies deposited in GenBank. We report the 5.2-Mbp genome sequence of M. litoralis strain NCTR108, from commercial tattoo ink.

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