Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus XN108, an ST239-MRSA-SCCmec III Strain with Intermediate Vancomycin Resistance Isolated in Mainland China

Xia Zhang; Xiaomeng Xu; Wenchang Yuan; Qiwen Hu; Weilong Shang; Xiaomei Hu; Yigang Tong; Xiancai Rao

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00449-14

Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus XN108, an ST239-MRSA-SCCmec III Strain with Intermediate Vancomycin Resistance Isolated in Mainland China

Genome Announc. 2014 Jul 24;2(4):e00449-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00449-14.

Authors

Xia Zhang¹, Xiaomeng Xu², Wenchang Yuan¹, Qiwen Hu¹, Weilong Shang¹, Xiaomei Hu¹, Yigang Tong³, Xiancai Rao⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China tongyigang@gmail.com raoxiancai@126.com.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, School of Medical Sciences, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China tongyigang@gmail.com raoxiancai@126.com.

Abstract

ST239-MRSA-SCCmec III (ST239, sequence type 239; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; SCCmec III, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec type III) is the most predominant clone of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant S. aureus in mainland China. We report here the complete genome sequence of XN108, the first vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus strain isolated from a steam-burned patient with a wound infection.