Genome sequences of 228 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolates and 12 isolates representing other diarrheagenic E. coli pathotypes.

Authors: Trees, Eija and Strockbine, Nancy and Changayil, Shankar and Ranganathan, Satishkumar and Zhao, Kun and Weil, Ryan and MacCannell, Duncan and Sabol, Ashley and Schmidtke, Amber and Martin, Haley and Stripling, Devon and Ribot, Efrain M and Gerner-Smidt, Peter

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are a common cause for food-borne diarrheal illness outbreaks and sporadic cases. Here, we report the availability of the draft genome sequences of 228 STEC strains representing 32 serotypes with known pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) types and epidemiological relationships, as well as 12 strains representing other diarrheagenic E. coli pathotypes. Copyright © 2014 Trees et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00718-14
Year: 2014

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