Draft Genome Sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strain PH1339, Which Causes Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease in Shrimp in the Philippines

Sarah Mae U. Penir, Leobert D. dela Pena, Nikko Alvin R. Cabillon, Angela Denise P. Bilbao, Edgar C. Amar, Cynthia P. Saloma

Abstract
We report the first draft genome sequence of an acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND)-causing Vibrio parahaemolyticus strain isolated from a Penaeus vannamei sample from the Philippines. The strain carries the genes encoding the Pir-like toxin pair PirA^vp and PirB^vp.

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