Open AccessDraft Genome Sequences of Nine Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 5 Isolates from Humans with Long-Term Swine Contact
Author(s) -
Samantha J. Hau,
Darrell O. Bayles,
David P. Alt,
Peter Davies,
Jisun S. Haan,
Tracy L. Nicholson
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.01079-17
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , livestock , biology , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , whole genome sequencing , veterinary medicine , genome , medicine , genetics , gene , bacteria , ecology
Humans have been found to harbor livestock-associated methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) isolates. LA-MRSA isolates are considered adapted to colonizing livestock and less pathogenic in humans than their hospital- and community-acquired counterparts. Here, we present nine LA-MRSA sequence type 5 isolates from veterinarians with long-term swine contact.