Complete Genomic Sequence of the Equol-Producing Bacterium Eggerthella sp. Strain YY7918 Isolated from Adult Human Intestine

摘要

Eggerthella sp. strain YY7918 was isolated from the intestinal flora of a healthy human. It metabolizes daidzein (a soybean isoflavonoid) and produces S-equol, which has stronger estrogenic activities than daidzein. Here, we report the finished and annotated genomic sequence of this organism.