Neisseria meningococcus alpha704 whole genome sequencing. Neisseria meningitidis alpha704

Neisseria meningitidis is a commensal and accidental pathogen exclusively of humans. Although the production of polysaccharide capsule is considered to be essential for meningococcal virulence, there have been reports of constitutively un-encapsulated strains causing invasive meningococcal disease (IMD). Here, we report the genome sequence of a capsule null locus (cnl) strain from the sequence type (ST)-198 found in half of the reported cases of IMD by cnl meningococcal strains.