Complete Genome Sequences of Three Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Strains Isolated from Botswana

Mohamed A Abouelkhair; Riley Thompson; Matthew C Riley; David A Bemis; Stephen A Kania

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01599-17

Complete Genome Sequences of Three Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Strains Isolated from Botswana

Genome Announc. 2018 Mar 8;6(10):e01599-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01599-17.

Authors

Mohamed A Abouelkhair¹, Riley Thompson¹, Matthew C Riley², David A Bemis¹, Stephen A Kania³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.
² Center for Genome Sciences, United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA.
³ Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA skania@utk.edu.

Abstract

We report here the first whole-genome sequences for 3 strains of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (112N, 113N, and 114N) isolated in Africa. Samples of this opportunistic pathogen were collected from nasal swabs obtained from healthy carrier dogs in Botswana. The sequence information will facilitate spatial phylogenetic comparisons of staphylococcal species and other bacteria at the genome level.