Complete Genome Sequence of Moraxella bovis Strain Epp-63 (300), an Etiologic Agent of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis

John Dustin Loy; Aaron M Dickey; Michael L Clawson

doi:10.1128/MRA.01004-18

Complete Genome Sequence of Moraxella bovis Strain Epp-63 (300), an Etiologic Agent of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Aug 30;7(8):e01004-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01004-18. eCollection 2018 Aug.

Authors

John Dustin Loy¹, Aaron M Dickey², Michael L Clawson²

Affiliations

¹ School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (SVMBS), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
² U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC), Clay Center, Nebraska, USA.

Abstract

We report here the complete closed genome sequence of Moraxella bovis strain Epp-63 (300) (Epp63). This strain was isolated from an infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis (IBK) case in 1963. Since then, Epp63 has been used extensively for IBK research. Consequently, the genome sequence of Epp63 should help elucidate IBK host-pathogen interactions.