High-Quality Whole-Genome Sequences for 77 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Generated with PacBio Sequencing

Pooja N Patel; Rebecca L Lindsey; Lisley Garcia-Toledo; Lori A Rowe; Dhwani Batra; Samuel W Whitley; Daniel Drapeau; Devon Stoneburg; Haley Martin; Phalasy Juieng; Vladimir N Loparev; Nancy Strockbine

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00391-18

High-Quality Whole-Genome Sequences for 77 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Generated with PacBio Sequencing

Genome Announc. 2018 May 10;6(19):e00391-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00391-18.

Authors

Pooja N Patel^{1

2}, Rebecca L Lindsey³, Lisley Garcia-Toledo^{1

2}, Lori A Rowe⁴, Dhwani Batra⁴, Samuel W Whitley^{1

2}, Daniel Drapeau^{1

2}, Devon Stoneburg¹, Haley Martin¹, Phalasy Juieng⁴, Vladimir N Loparev⁴, Nancy Strockbine¹

Affiliations

¹ Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
³ Enteric Diseases Laboratory Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA rebecca.lindsey@cdc.hhs.gov.
⁴ Biotechnology Core Facility Branch, Division of Scientific Resources, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an enteric foodborne pathogen that can cause mild to severe illness. Here, we report the availability of high-quality whole-genome sequences for 77 STEC strains generated using the PacBio sequencing platform.