Draft Genome Sequences of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Encoding Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases

Charlotte Valat; Robert J Goldstone; Edouard Hirchaud; Marisa Haenni; David G E Smith; Jean-Yves Madec

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01633-15

Draft Genome Sequences of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Encoding Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases

Genome Announc. 2016 Feb 11;4(1):e01633-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01633-15.

Authors

Charlotte Valat¹, Robert J Goldstone², Edouard Hirchaud³, Marisa Haenni⁴, David G E Smith², Jean-Yves Madec⁴

Affiliations

¹ Anses, Laboratoire de Lyon, Unité Antibiorésistance et Virulence Bactériennes, Lyon, France charlotte.valat@anses.fr.
² School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
³ Anses, Laboratoire de Ploufragan-Plouzané, Unité Génétique Virale et Biosécurité, Plouzané, France.
⁴ Anses, Laboratoire de Lyon, Unité Antibiorésistance et Virulence Bactériennes, Lyon, France.

Abstract

Extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) have rarely been observed among Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC), and, to our best knowledge, only three ESBL-positive isolates of the enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) subpathotype have been reported. Here, we present the first draft genome sequences of two ESBL-positive EHEC isolates belonging to serotypes O111:H8 and O151:H16.