posted on 2017-12-05, 09:36authored byShih Keng Loong, Kim-Kee Tan, Nurhafiza Zainal, Wai Hong Phoon, Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain, Sazaly AbuBakar
Kocuria marina has recently emerged as a cause for catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients with underlying health complications. One K. marina strain was recently isolated from the lung tissues of a wild urban rat (Rattus rattus diardii) caught during rodent surveillance. Here, we present the draft genome of the first K. marina animal isolate, K. marina TRE150902.