Whole-Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli Serotype O157:H7 Strain ATCC 43888

Gaylen A Uhlich; George C Paoli; Xinmin Zhang; Elisa Andreozzi

doi:10.1128/MRA.00906-19

Whole-Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli Serotype O157:H7 Strain ATCC 43888

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Oct 17;8(42):e00906-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00906-19.

Authors

Gaylen A Uhlich¹, George C Paoli², Xinmin Zhang³, Elisa Andreozzi¹

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens Research Unit, USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA.
² Molecular Characterization of Foodborne Pathogens Research Unit, USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, USA george.paoli@usda.gov.
³ BioInfoRx, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Abstract

Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 strain ATCC 43888 is a Shiga toxin-deficient human fecal isolate. Due to its reduced toxicity and its availability from a curated culture collection, the strain has been used extensively in applied research studies. Here, we report the Illumina-corrected PacBio whole-genome sequence of E. coli O157:H7 strain ATCC 43888.