Genome sequence of a toxin-positive Clostridium difficile strain isolated from murine feces.

Authors: Etienne-Mesmin, Lucie and Chassaing, Benoit and Adekunle, Oluwaseyi and Mattei, Lisa M and Edwards, Adrianne N and McBride, Shonna M and Bushman, Frederic D and Gewirtz, Andrew T

Herein, we report the genome sequence of a Clostridium difficile strain isolated from the feces of antibiotic-treated C57BL/6 mice. We have named this strain, which differs considerably from those of the previously sequenced C. difficile strains, LEM1. Copyright © 2017 Etienne-Mesmin et al.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00088-17
Year: 2017

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