Draft Genome Sequence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Strain ET-024, Isolated from an Endotracheal Tube Biofilm of a Mechanically Ventilated Patient

Ilse Vandecandelaere; Filip Van Nieuwerburgh; Dieter Deforce; Hans J Nelis; Tom Coenye

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00527-14

Draft Genome Sequence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis Strain ET-024, Isolated from an Endotracheal Tube Biofilm of a Mechanically Ventilated Patient

Genome Announc. 2014 May 29;2(3):e00527-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00527-14.

Authors

Ilse Vandecandelaere¹, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh², Dieter Deforce², Hans J Nelis³, Tom Coenye³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ilse.vandecandelaere@ugent.be.
² Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Abstract

Staphylococcus epidermidis strain ET-024 was isolated from a biofilm on an endotracheal tube of a mechanically ventilated patient. This strain is resistant to methicillin, and the draft genome sequence shares some characteristics with other nosocomial S. epidermidis strains (such as S. epidermidis RP62A).