Complete genome sequence of the epidemic and highly virulent CTX-M-15-producing H30-Rx subclone of Escherichia coli ST131.

Authors: Andersen, Paal S and Stegger, Marc and Aziz, Maliha and Contente-Cuomo, Tania and Gibbons, Henry S and Keim, Paul and Sokurenko, Evgeni V and Johnson, James R and Price, Lance B

We report the complete genome sequence, including five complete plasmid sequences, of Escherichia coli ST131 isolate JJ1886. The isolate was obtained in 2007 in the United States from a patient with fatal urosepsis and belongs to the virulent, CTX-M-15-producing H30-Rx sublineage.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00988-13
Year: 2013

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