Draft Genome Sequence of a Highly Virulent Rabbit Staphylococcus aureus Strain

Zoltán Német; Ervin Albert; Tibor Nagy; Ferenc Olasz; Endre Barta; János Kiss; Ádám Dán; Krisztián Bányai; Katleen Hermans; Imre Biksi

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00461-15

Draft Genome Sequence of a Highly Virulent Rabbit Staphylococcus aureus Strain

Genome Announc. 2015 Jul 9;3(4):e00461-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00461-15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, Department and Clinic for Production Animals, Üllő, Hungary nemet.zoltan@aotk.szie.hu.
² Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, Department and Clinic for Production Animals, Üllő, Hungary.
³ Innovation Centre and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of the National Agricultural Research, Gödöllő, Hungary.
⁴ Veterinary Diagnostic Directorate, National Food Chain Safety Office (NFCSO), Budapest, Hungary.
⁵ Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.
⁶ Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Abstract

We report the draft genome sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Sp17, a typical highly virulent (HV) rabbit strain. As current medicine apparently fails to effectively reduce disease and economical losses caused by this organism, it is essential to gain better insight on its genomic arrangement.