Draft genome sequences of nine non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ready-to-eat food from supermarkets in Argentina

Khulud Alotaibi; Ahmed F Hikal; Kidon Sung; Guodong Zhang; Ashraf A Khan

doi:10.1128/MRA.00429-23

Draft genome sequences of nine non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in ready-to-eat food from supermarkets in Argentina

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2023 Nov 16;12(11):e0042923. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00429-23. Epub 2023 Oct 18.

Authors

Khulud Alotaibi^{1

2}, Ahmed F Hikal¹, Kidon Sung¹, Guodong Zhang³, Ashraf A Khan¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration , Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
² University of Arkansas at Little Rock , Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
³ Division of Microbiology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Regulatory Science, U.S. Food and Drug Administration , College Park, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

Non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are recognized as an important group of bacterial enteropathogens. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of nine strains of non-O157 STEC isolated from ready-to-eat foods in Argentina. The whole-genome sequence data provide a better understanding of these isolates and will aid epidemiological investigation during outbreaks.

Keywords: Escherichia coli; food; non-O157 STEC; stx.