Draft Genome Sequence of a Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii Sequence Type 2 Isolate from Puerto Rico

Teresa Martínez; Alexander J Ropelewski; Ricardo González-Mendez; Guillermo J Vázquez; Iraida E Robledo

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00758-16

Draft Genome Sequence of a Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Carbapenemase-Producing Acinetobacter baumannii Sequence Type 2 Isolate from Puerto Rico

Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 18;4(4):e00758-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00758-16.

Authors

Teresa Martínez¹, Alexander J Ropelewski², Ricardo González-Mendez³, Guillermo J Vázquez¹, Iraida E Robledo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
² Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
³ Department of Radiological Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
⁴ Department of Microbiology and Medical Zoology, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico iraida.robledo@upr.edu.

Abstract

We report here the draft genome sequence of Acinetobacter baumannii strain M3AC14-8, sequence type 2 (ST2), carrying a chromosomally carried blaKPC-2 gene. The draft genome consists of a total length of 4.11 Mbp and a G+C content of 39.25%.

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