Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Strain M1, a Unique t024-ST8-IVa Danish Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Clone

Hanna Larner-Svensson; Peder Worning; Mette D Bartels; Lars Hestbjerg Hansen; Kit Boye; Henrik Westh

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00336-13

Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Strain M1, a Unique t024-ST8-IVa Danish Methicillin-Resistant S. aureus Clone

Genome Announc. 2013 Jun 27;1(3):e00336-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00336-13.

Authors

Hanna Larner-Svensson¹, Peder Worning, Mette D Bartels, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen, Kit Boye, Henrik Westh

Affiliation

¹ MRSA Knowledge Center, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark.

Abstract

We report the genome sequence, in five contigs, of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolate designated M1. This clinical isolate was from the index patient of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak in Copenhagen, Denmark, that started in 2003. This strain is sequence type 8 (ST8), spa type t024, and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element (SCCmec) type IVa.