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We present the genome sequence of Weissella cibaria strain CXO-01, isolated from saliva from one Korean individual and kimchi. The genome consisted of one circular chromosome with a length of 2,371,631  bp, three circular plasmids of 20,579 bp, 4,818  bp, and 4,494 in size. Gene prediction revealed 2,305 genes, 2,157 coding DNA sequences., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Objectives/hypothesis: To develop a reliable and safe laryngeal nerve conduction technique and to obtain consistent parameters as normal reference values., Study Design: A prospective single-arm study., Methods: A nerve conduction test was performed on the contralateral normal side in 42 patients with unilateral vocal fold palsy. The recording was performed in the intact thyroarytenoid muscle using a monopolar needle. The electrical stimulation using a 37-mm monopolar needle was applied 3 cm below the lower margin of the cricoid cartilage, just lateral to the trachea and medial to the carotid artery, and its intensity was gradually increased until the amplitude of the electrical response reached the maximum level. The latency of the evoked muscle response was acquired at the first evoked waveform deflection from the baseline., Results: The average latency of the recurrent laryngeal nerves was 1.98 ± 0.26 ms. The latencies showed normal distribution according to the quantile-quantile plot and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (P = .098). There was no significant difference in latencies between the right and left recurrent laryngeal nerves. Anthropometric factors including height and weight did not show any correlation with the latencies., Conclusions: We developed a reliable and safe laryngeal nerve conduction technique and obtained normal reference values for the recurrent laryngeal nerve conduction study. This laryngeal nerve conduction study can be an additional tool for detecting recurrent laryngeal nerve injury if it is performed in combination with the conventional laryngeal electromyography., Level of Evidence: 4., (© 2014 The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.)