Draft Genome Sequence of an Enterobacter Species Associated with Illnesses and Powdered Infant Formula

Emily E Jackson; Pauline Ogrodzki; Ben Pascoe; Samuel K Sheppard; Stephen J Forsythe

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01479-15

Draft Genome Sequence of an Enterobacter Species Associated with Illnesses and Powdered Infant Formula

Genome Announc. 2016 Jan 14;4(1):e01479-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01479-15.

Authors

Emily E Jackson¹, Pauline Ogrodzki¹, Ben Pascoe², Samuel K Sheppard², Stephen J Forsythe³

Affiliations

¹ Pathogen Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
² Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, United Kingdom.
³ Pathogen Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom stephen.forsythe@ntu.ac.uk.

Abstract

This is the first report of the draft genome sequence of an Enterobacter species that may have been transmitted from powdered infant formula (PIF) to infants, resulting in illness. Enterobacter spp. are currently permitted in PIF, but the transmission of this strain indicates that the microbiological criteria for PIF may need revision.