Whole-Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Typhimurium Strain WG49 and Escherichia coli Strain WG5 Used in South Africa for Phage Detection in Water Samples

L Bothma; D Gonzalez-Ibeas; C Mienie; C C Bezuidenhout; R Adeleke

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00372-18

Whole-Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Typhimurium Strain WG49 and Escherichia coli Strain WG5 Used in South Africa for Phage Detection in Water Samples

Genome Announc. 2018 Jun 28;6(26):e00372-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00372-18.

Authors

L Bothma¹, D Gonzalez-Ibeas¹, C Mienie¹, C C Bezuidenhout², R Adeleke³

Affiliations

¹ Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
² Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa carlos.bezuidenhout@nwu.ac.za.
³ Agricultural Research Council, Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, Pretoria, South Africa.

Abstract

Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium WG49 is widely used for enumeration of F-specific RNA (F-RNA) coliphages in water. Escherichia coli WG5 is broadly used for the detection and enumeration of somatic coliphages in water samples. We report here the genome sequences of these bacterial strains used in South Africa under ISO methods 10705-1 and 10705-2.