Complete Genome Sequence of Enterococcus faecium Commensal Isolate E1002

Hanne L P Tytgat; François P Douillard; Pia K Laine; Lars Paulin; Rob J L Willems; Willem M de Vos

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00113-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Enterococcus faecium Commensal Isolate E1002

Genome Announc. 2016 Mar 17;4(2):e00113-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00113-16.

Authors

Hanne L P Tytgat¹, François P Douillard², Pia K Laine³, Lars Paulin³, Rob J L Willems⁴, Willem M de Vos⁵

Affiliations

¹ Wageningen University, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen, The Netherlands hanne.tytgat@wur.nl.
² University of Helsinki, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Helsinki, Finland.
³ University of Helsinki, Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki, Finland.
⁴ University Medical Center Utrecht, Medical Microbiology, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁵ Wageningen University, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen, The Netherlands University of Helsinki, Department of Veterinary Biosciences, Helsinki, Finland RPU Immunobiology, Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Abstract

The emergence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) has been associated with an increase in multidrug-resistant nosocomial infections. Here, we report the 2.614-Mb genome sequence of the Enterococcus faecium commensal isolate E1002, which will be instrumental in further understanding the determinants of the commensal and pathogenic lifestyle of E. faecium.

Grants and funding

This work was funded by the Soehngen Institute of Anaerobic Microbiology, which is funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.