Complete genome sequences of historic Clostridioides difficile food-dwelling ribotype 078 strains in Canada identical to that of the historic human clinical strain M120 in the United Kingdom.

Authors: Kumar, Anand and Davenport, Karen Walston and Vuyisich, Grace and Kunde, Yuliya A and Johnson, Shannon Lyn and Chain, Patrick Sam Guy and Dichosa, Armand Earl Ko and Rodriguez-Palacios, Alex

Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile is a spore-forming anaerobic bacte- rium that causes severe intestinal diseases in humans. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the first C. difficile foodborne type strain (PCR ribotype 078) isolated from food animals in Canada in 2004, which has 100% similarity to the ge- nome sequence of the historic human clinical strain M120.

Journal: Microbiology resource announcements
DOI: 10.1128/MRA.00853-18
Year: 2018

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