Complete Genome Sequences of Two Escherichia coli O145:H28 Outbreak Strains of Food Origin

Kerry K Cooper; Robert E Mandrell; Jacqueline W Louie; Jonas Korlach; Tyson A Clark; Craig T Parker; Steven Huynh; Patrick S G Chain; Sanaa Ahmed; Michelle Qiu Carter

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00482-14

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Escherichia coli O145:H28 Outbreak Strains of Food Origin

Genome Announc. 2014 May 22;2(3):e00482-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00482-14.

Affiliations

¹ Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, USA.
² Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, California, USA.
³ Genome Sciences, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.
⁴ Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, USA michelle.carter@ars.usda.gov.

Abstract

Escherichia coli O145:H28 strain RM12581 was isolated from bagged romaine lettuce during a 2010 U.S. lettuce-associated outbreak. E. coli O145:H28 strain RM12761 was isolated from ice cream during a 2007 ice cream-associated outbreak in Belgium. Here we report the complete genome sequences and annotation of both strains.