Complete genome sequence of the non-pathogenic KpGe strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Klebsiella pneumoniae KpGe genome

Klebsiella pneumoniae is an extensively studied human pathogen responsible for a wide variety of infections; Dictyostelium discoideum is a model host employed to study many facets of the complex interactions between phagocytic cells and bacteria. Historically, a non-pathogenic strain of K. pneumoniae has been used to feed Dictyostelium amoebae, and later to study cellular mechanisms allowing bacterial uptake and killing. Here we provide the full genome sequence and a brief characterization of the this non-pathogenic strain named Klebsiella pneumoniae KpGe.