First Report of a Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequence of a Clinical Enterococcus faecalis Sequence Type 6 Strain from South Africa.
Nontombi Marylucy MbelleNontuthuko Excellent ManingiVhudzani TshisevheLesedi ModipaneDaniel Gyamfi AmoakoJohn Osei SekyerePublished in: Genome announcements (2017)
Enterococcus faecalis is a lactic acid-producing Gram-positive bacterium commonly found in the intestinal tract of humans and animals; it is implicated in multidrug-resistant nosocomial infections. The draft genome of this E. faecalis sequence type 6 (ST6) strain consists of 3,215,228 bp, with 37.20% GC content, 3,048 predicted coding sequences, and 61 RNA genes.
Keyphrases
- multidrug resistant
- lactic acid
- south africa
- gram negative
- acinetobacter baumannii
- genome wide
- drug resistant
- klebsiella pneumoniae
- amino acid
- hiv positive
- gene expression
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
- high resolution
- cystic fibrosis
- staphylococcus aureus
- escherichia coli
- mass spectrometry
- men who have sex with men