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Draft Genome Sequence of Streptomyces mexicanus Strain Q0842, Isolated from Human Skin
Manon Boxberger1,2, Mariem Ben Khedher1,2, Anthony Levasseur1,2
1Aix Marseille Université, IRD, AP-HM, MEФI, Marseille, France.
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|October 30, 2020
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In 2003, Streptomyces mexicanus was reported as a novel xylanolytic bacterial species isolated from soil; a partial genome sequence was determined. In 2019, a strain from the same species was isolated from a hand skin swab sample from a healthy French woman. Genome sequencing revealed an 8,011,832-bp sequence with a GC content of 72.5%.
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