Whole-Genome Sequencing of a Human Clinical Isolate of the Novel Species <i>Klebsiella quasivariicola</i> sp. nov

Abstract

In a study of 1,777 <i>Klebsiella</i> strains, we discovered KPN1705, which was distinct from all recognized <i>Klebsiella</i> spp. We closed the genome of strain KPN1705 using a hybrid of Illumina short-read and Oxford Nanopore long-read technologies. For this novel species, we propose the name <i>Klebsiella quasivariicola</i> sp. nov.