Draft Genome Sequence of an Extremely Drug-Resistant KPC-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 Epidemic Strain
Author(s) -
Inna Chmelnitsky,
Tirza Doniger,
Maya Shklyar,
Livnat Naparstek,
Ehud Banin,
Ron Edgar,
Yehuda Carmeli
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.652
H-Index - 246
eISSN - 1067-8832
pISSN - 0021-9193
DOI - 10.1128/jb.01546-12
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , biology , strain (injury) , whole genome sequencing , microbiology and biotechnology , bacterial protein , sequence (biology) , drug resistance , virology , klebsiella infections , genome , bacteria , gene , genetics , escherichia coli , anatomy
Extremely drug-resistant (XDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase-producing clone ST258 has rapidly disseminated worldwide. We report here the draft genome sequence of the K. pneumoniae ST258 XDR clinical strain from Israel.
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