High-Quality Genome Sequence of an Escherichia coli O157 Strain Carrying an mcr-1 Resistance Gene Isolated from a Patient in the United States
Author(s) -
Rebecca L. Lindsey,
Dhwani Batra,
Lori A. Rowe,
Vladimir N. Loparev,
Devon Stripling,
Lisley Garcia-Toledo,
Kristen Knipe,
Phalasy Juieng,
Mili Sheth,
Haley Martin,
Alison Laufer Halpin
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
genome announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2169-8287
DOI - 10.1128/genomea.01725-16
Subject(s) - mcr 1 , escherichia coli , plasmid , whole genome sequencing , biology , colistin , gene , enterobacteriaceae , strain (injury) , genome , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , anatomy
Enterobacteriaceae carrying plasmid-mediated colistin resistance have been found around the world. We report here the high-quality whole-genome sequence of an Escherichia coli O157:H48 isolate (2016C-3936C1) from Connecticut that carried the mcr-1 resistance gene on an IncX4-type plasmid.
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