Draft Genome Sequences of 19 Clinical stx-Harboring Escherichia coli O80:H2 Strains

Marc J A Stevens; Nicole Cernela; Andrea Müller; Magdalena Nüesch-Inderbinen; Roger Stephan

doi:10.1128/MRA.00033-21

Draft Genome Sequences of 19 Clinical stx-Harboring Escherichia coli O80:H2 Strains

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Mar 18;10(11):e00033-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00033-21.

Authors

Marc J A Stevens¹, Nicole Cernela¹, Andrea Müller^{1

2}, Magdalena Nüesch-Inderbinen^{1

2}, Roger Stephan³

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
² Swiss National Center for Enteropathogenic Bacteria and Listeria (NENT), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland roger.stephan@uzh.ch.

Abstract

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O80:H2 is an uncommon hybrid pathotype that has emerged in Switzerland and France. Here, we report the draft genome sequences of 19 stx-harboring Escherichia coli O80:H2 strains isolated between 2003 and 2019 from patients in Switzerland.