High-quality whole-genome sequences for 77 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli strains generated with PacBio sequencing.

Authors: Patel, Pooja N and Lindsey, Rebecca L and Garcia-Toledo, Lisley and Rowe, Lori A and Batra, Dhwani and Whitley, Samuel W and Drapeau, Daniel and Stoneburg, Devon and Martin, Haley and Juieng, Phalasy and Loparev, Vladimir N and Strockbine, Nancy

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an enteric foodborne pathogen that can cause mild to severe illness. Here, we report the availability of high-quality whole-genome sequences for 77 STEC strains generated using the PacBio sequencing platform.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00391-18
Year: 2018

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