Complete genome sequence of Campylobacter sp. (GTC17093) isolate from a non-diarrheal human clinical specimen

Campylobacter is a bacterium belonging to the family Campylobacteraceae. It is a microaerophilic, non-spore-forming, Gram-negative spirillum, which is characteristic of other members of the order Campylobacterales. In this study, we present the complete genome sequence of Campylobacter sp., isolated from a human skin infection on the right chest. The strain was deposited in 2022 as a human clinical isolate. An attempt was made to confirm the identification of the strain using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry (Bruker Japan), but the results were inconclusive. A BLASTN analysis of the PCR-amplified full-length 16S rRNA gene identified the strain as Campylobacter sp. The closest relative was Campylobacter sputorum strain ATCC 35980 (Acc. no. NR118527), with 98.2% similarity. The complete genome of this isolate was sequenced using a combination of long-read sequencing on the Nanopore (Oxford Nanopore Technologies [ONT], Tokyo, Japan) and short-read sequencing on the NovaSeq 6000 (Illumina Inc., California, USA), following previously described protocols.