Complete Genome Sequence of Microcystis aeruginosa FD4, Isolated from a Subtropical River in Southwest Florida

Hidetoshi Urakawa; Taylor L Hancock; Jacob H Steele; Elizabeth K Dahedl; Haruka E Urakawa; Luka K Ndungu; Lauren E Krausfeldt; Barry H Rosen; Jose V Lopez

doi:10.1128/MRA.00813-20

Complete Genome Sequence of Microcystis aeruginosa FD4, Isolated from a Subtropical River in Southwest Florida

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Sep 17;9(38):e00813-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00813-20.

Authors

Hidetoshi Urakawa¹, Taylor L Hancock², Jacob H Steele², Elizabeth K Dahedl², Haruka E Urakawa³, Luka K Ndungu², Lauren E Krausfeldt⁴, Barry H Rosen², Jose V Lopez⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, The Water School, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA hurakawa@fgcu.edu.
² Department of Ecology and Environmental Studies, The Water School, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Marine and Earth Sciences, The Water School, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, Florida, USA.

Abstract

We report the first complete genome of Microcystis aeruginosa from North America. A harmful bloom that occurred in the Caloosahatchee River in 2018 led to a state of emergency declaration in Florida. Although strain FD4 was isolated from this toxic bloom, the genome did not have a microcystin biosynthetic gene cluster.