associated with meningoencephalitis and otitis in stranded common thresher sharks ().

Juvenile common thresher sharks () have been recently stranding along the California coastline. Using Illumina sequencing of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene along with necropsy, cytological, bacteriological, and histological techniques, we screened microbial communities and described lesions characterizing affected sharks with the purpose of identifying potential pathogen sources and pathologic processes. Histopathological assessment of moribund sharks revealed severe meningoencephalitis, as previously described in stranded salmon sharks (), along with inflammation of the inner ear and subcutaneous tissues surrounding the endolymphatic ducts.

Draft Genome Sequences of Nine New Carnobacterium maltaromaticum Strains Isolated from Diseased Sharks.

Here, we report the draft genome sequences of 9 strains of (SK_LD1 to SK_LD3 and SK_AV1 to SK_AV6), a member of the family (phylum ). These strains were isolated from the brain and the inner ear of three diseased thresher sharks and two diseased salmon sharks. The genome assembly resulted in an average of 3,306,205.