Draft Whole-Genome Sequences of 11 Bacillus cereus Food Isolates

Hasmik Hayrapetyan; Jos Boekhorst; Anne de Jong; Oscar P Kuipers; Masja N Nierop Groot; Tjakko Abee

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00485-16

Draft Whole-Genome Sequences of 11 Bacillus cereus Food Isolates

Genome Announc. 2016 Jun 2;4(3):e00485-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00485-16.

Authors

Hasmik Hayrapetyan¹, Jos Boekhorst², Anne de Jong³, Oscar P Kuipers³, Masja N Nierop Groot⁴, Tjakko Abee⁵

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
² NIZO food research, Ede, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
³ Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Wageningen UR Food and Biobased Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands tjakko.abee@wur.nl.

Abstract

Bacillus cereus is a foodborne pathogen causing emetic and diarrheal-type syndromes. Here, we report the whole-genome sequences of 11 B. cereus food isolates.