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Draft genome sequence of a family Acutalibacteraceae isolate, a human gut-derived cholesterol metabolizer
Stephen Skolnick1, Brantley Hall2,3
1Constellation Bio, Berkeley, California, USA.
Abstract:
We report the draft genome sequence of a family Acutalibacteraceae isolate, which is an obligate anaerobe that converts cholesterol to coprostanol. The organism was isolated from a healthy adult's fecal sample, plated on cholesterol brain agar, and incubated anaerobically, yielding distinctive star-shaped colonies. This isolate is from an unclassified genus within the Acutalibacteraceae, highlighting the unexplored diversity within the gut microbiome.
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