Genome Sequence of Highly Virulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain VA-134, Isolated from a Burn Patient

Christine L Miller; Tsute Chen; Ping Chen; Kai P Leung

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01662-15

Genome Sequence of Highly Virulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain VA-134, Isolated from a Burn Patient

Genome Announc. 2016 Jan 28;4(1):e01662-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01662-15.

Authors

Christine L Miller¹, Tsute Chen², Ping Chen¹, Kai P Leung³

Affiliations

¹ Dental and Craniofacial Trauma Research and Tissue Regeneration, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
² The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Dental and Craniofacial Trauma Research and Tissue Regeneration, U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, JBSA Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA kai.p.leung.civ@mail.mil.

Abstract

Infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa leads to impairment of healing and many deaths in severe burn patients. The phenotypic diversity of P. aeruginosa strains makes it difficult to define a therapeutic strategy. Here we report the genome sequence of a highly virulent strain of P. aeruginosa, VA-134, isolated from a burn patient.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Combat Casualty Care Research Directorate, and the Research Associateship Program from the National Research Council (C.L.M.).