Reports indicate that vegetables are becoming a source of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, including Escherichia coli. Here, we present genome sequences of five MDR E. coli strains to assist future genomic analysis of this bacterium. These E. coli strains were isolated from vegetable samples of different gardening systems in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Keywords: Bangladesh; Escherichia coli; MDR; antibiotic resistance genes; gardening systems; public health; vegetables; virulence factor genes; whole-genome sequencing.