Open AccessDraft Genome Sequence of the First Hypermucoviscous Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae Isolate from a Bloodstream Infection
Author(s) -
Fabio Arena,
Lucia Henrici De Angelis,
Filippo Pieralli,
Vincenzo Di Pilato,
Tommaso Giani,
Francesca Torricelli,
Marco Maria D’Andrea,
Gian María Rossolini
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.00952-15
Subject(s) - klebsiella pneumoniae , virulence , biology , whole genome sequencing , microbiology and biotechnology , genome , gene , bloodstream infection , genetics , escherichia coli
Klebsiella quasipneumoniae is a recently described species, formerly identified as K. pneumoniae phylogroup KpII. Information on pathogenic and virulence potential of this species are lacking. We sequenced the genome of a hypermucoviscous K. quasipneumoniae clinical isolate showing a virulence genes content (allABCDRS, kfuABC, and mrkABCDFHIJ) peculiar to hypervirulent K. pneumoniae strains.