High-Quality Draft Genome Sequences for Five Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Generated with PacBio Sequencing and Optical Maps

Rebecca L Lindsey; Lori Rowe; Lisley Garcia-Toledo; Vladimir Loparev; Kristen Knipe; Devon Stripling; Haley Martin; Eija Trees; Phalasy Juieng; Dhwani Batra; Nancy Strockbine

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00626-16

High-Quality Draft Genome Sequences for Five Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Generated with PacBio Sequencing and Optical Maps

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 30;4(3):e00626-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00626-16.

Affiliations

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA rebecca.lindsey@cdc.hhs.gov.
² Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a foodborne pathogen. We report here the high-quality draft whole-genome sequences of five STEC strains isolated from clinical cases in the United States. This report is for STEC of serotypes O55:H7, O79:H7, O91:H14, O153:H2, and O156:H25.

Grants and funding

This work was supported through U.S. Government funds.