Genome sequencing of Streptococcus agalactiae strain SS1218 isolated from fish. Streptococcus agalactiae SS1218

To explore the phylogenomic relationships between GBS strains isolated from fish and from mammals, we performed the genome sequencing and annotation of the Streptococcus agalactiae strain SS1218 isolated from fish and belonging to ST261. A draft genome sequence was obtained using Illumina sequencing and reads were assembled into contigs using Velvet software.