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. 2025 Sep 11;14(9):e0028725.
doi: 10.1128/mra.00287-25. Epub 2025 Aug 14.

Draft genome sequence of Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3, a causative agent of sea star wasting disease in the sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), reveals the genetic potential to produce aerolysin-like toxins

Kevin Xu Zhong  1 , Amy M Chan  1 , Melanie B Prentice  1   2 , Yasmine Gouin  1 , Drew Harvell  3   4 , Alyssa-Lois M Gehman  2   5 , Curtis A Suttle  1   5   6   7
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Draft genome sequence of Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3, a causative agent of sea star wasting disease in the sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides), reveals the genetic potential to produce aerolysin-like toxins

Kevin Xu Zhong et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

Here, we report the genomic sequence of Vibrio pectenicida strain FHCF-3, isolated from the coelomic fluid of a sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) showing signs of wasting disease. The draft genome is 4,368,354 bp with 3,903 coding sequences, including 3 with significant sequence similarity to aerolysin-like toxins.

Keywords: Vibrio pectenicida; aerolysin; genomes; sea star wasting disease; sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides); whole-genome sequencing (WGS).

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Fig 1
Phylogenomic tree of bacteria in the family Vibrionaceae. This phylogenomic tree illustrates the placement of strain FHCF-3 within the family Vibrionaceae, using genome data extracted from the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB, version 217) and NCBI Reference Sequence Database (as of 14 November 2024). The tree was constructed from genome sequences using GTDBtk v.2.3.2 (15) and rooted using Escherichia coli (GTDBtk accession numbers: RS_GCF_011881725.1 and RS_GCF_003697165.2) as an outgroup. Strain FHCF-3 is highlighted in red text.
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