Strain Megasphaera elsdenii TSDC16.1-2.4 (species Megasphaera elsdenii) was isolated from the fecal microbiota of a USA female at time point zero . The species name was assigned by genome clustering.. Megasphaera elsdenii isolate:Megasphaera elsdenii TSDC16.1-2.4

Strain Megasphaera elsdenii TSDC16.1-2.4 was isolated from the fecal microbiota of a USA female at day 0 . The species name was assigned as the most abundant genus/species associated with a given cluster of genomes (with a cluster containing all strains with a coverage score >0.50). The genome was sequenced with paired-end 101bp reads on an Illumina HiSeq 2000. Genome length is 2682549. Coverage is 642.7x. N50 contig size is 73065.