Noncontiguous finished genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus KLT6, a staphylococcal enterotoxin B-positive strain involved in a food poisoning outbreak in Switzerland.

Authors: Tobes, Raquel and Manrique, Marina and Brozynska, Marta and Stephan, Roger and Pareja, Eduardo and Johler, Sophia

We present the first complete genome sequence of a Staphylococcus aureus strain assigned to clonal complex 12. The strain was isolated in a food poisoning outbreak due to contaminated potato salad in Switzerland in 2009, and it produces staphylococcal enterotoxin B.

Journal: Genome announcements
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00214-13
Year: 2013

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