High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of the Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolate Enterococcus faecium VRE16

Suelen Scarpa de Mello; Daria Van Tyne; Andrei Nicoli Gebieluca Dabul; Michael S Gilmore; Ilana L B C Camargo

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00992-16

High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence of the Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Isolate Enterococcus faecium VRE16

Genome Announc. 2016 Sep 22;4(5):e00992-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00992-16.

Authors

Suelen Scarpa de Mello¹, Daria Van Tyne², Andrei Nicoli Gebieluca Dabul³, Michael S Gilmore⁴, Ilana L B C Camargo⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Biology and Evolutionary Genetics, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Laboratory of Epidemiology and Molecular Microbiology (LEMiMo), Center for Innovation in Biodiversity and Drug Discovery, São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ Department of Molecular Biology and Evolutionary Genetics, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil Laboratory of Epidemiology and Molecular Microbiology (LEMiMo), Center for Innovation in Biodiversity and Drug Discovery, São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil ilanacamargo@ifsc.usp.br.

Abstract

Specific lineages of the commensal bacterium Enterococcus faecium belonging to CC17, especially ST412, have been isolated from patients in several hospitals worldwide and harbor antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors. Here, we report a high-quality draft genome sequence and highlight features of E. faecium VRE16, a representative of this ST.

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