Strain B-6863 (alias 1384) was isolated in the Stavropol region in 1961 from Citellus pygmaeus. The strain belongs to sequence type ST19 (as defined in Laukkanen-Ninios R, et al. 2011, Environ. Microb
The genome sequence of strain Indica will contribute to the better understanding of the biology of P. copri and the molecular basis of its dominance in the gut of Indian subjects.