Complete genome sequence of the epidemic and highly virulent CTX-M-15-producing H30-Rx subclone of Escherichia coli ST131

Authors

Paal S. Andersen, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
Marc Stegger, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, DenmarkFollow
Maliha Aziz, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, AZ
Tania L. Contente-Cuomo, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, AZ
Henry S. Gibbons, Northern Arizona University
Paul Keim, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Flagstaff, AZ
Evgeni V. Sokurenko, University of Washington
James R. Johnson, University of MinnesotaFollow
Lance B. Price, George Washington UniversityFollow

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2013

Journal

Genome Announcements

Volume

Volume 1, Issue 6

Inclusive Pages

e00988-e00913

Abstract

We report the complete genome sequence, including five complete plasmid sequences, of Escherichia coli ST131 isolate JJ1886. The isolate was obtained in 2007 in the United States from a patient with fatal urosepsis and belongs to the virulent, CTX-M-15-producing H30-Rx sublineage.

Comments

Reproduced with permission of American Society of Microbiology Genome Announcements.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

APA Citation

Andersen, P.S., Stegger, M., Aziz, M., Contente-Cuomo, T., Gibbons, H.S., Keim, P., Sokurenko, E.V., Johnson, J.R., Price, L.B. (2013). Complete genome sequence of the epidemic and highly virulent CTX-M-15-producing H30-Rx subclone of Escherichia coli ST131. Genome Announcements, 1(6), e00988-e00913.

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