Complete genome sequence of the hypervirulent bacterium Clostridium difficile strain G46, ribotype 027.

Authors: Gaulton, Tom and Misra, Raju and Rose, Graham and Baybayan, Primo and Hall, Richard and Freeman, Jane and Turton, Jane and Picton, Steve and Korlach, Jonas and Gharbia, Saheer and Shah, Haroun

Clostridium difficile is one of the leading causes of antibiotic-associated diarrhea in health care facilities worldwide. Here, we report the genome sequence of C. difficile strain G46, ribotype 027, isolated from an outbreak in Glamorgan, Wales, in 2006. Copyright © 2015 Gaulton et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00073-15
Year: 2015

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