Whole-Genome Draft Sequences of Six Commensal Fecal and Six Mastitis-Associated Escherichia coli Strains of Bovine Origin

Andreas Leimbach; Anja Poehlein; Anika Witten; Olga Wellnitz; Nahum Shpigel; Wolfram Petzl; Holm Zerbe; Rolf Daniel; Ulrich Dobrindt

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00753-16

Whole-Genome Draft Sequences of Six Commensal Fecal and Six Mastitis-Associated Escherichia coli Strains of Bovine Origin

Genome Announc. 2016 Jul 28;4(4):e00753-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00753-16.

Authors

Andreas Leimbach¹, Anja Poehlein², Anika Witten³, Olga Wellnitz⁴, Nahum Shpigel⁵, Wolfram Petzl⁶, Holm Zerbe⁶, Rolf Daniel², Ulrich Dobrindt⁷

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
² Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
³ Institute for Human Genetics, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
⁴ Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁵ Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
⁶ Clinic for Ruminants, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Oberschleißheim, Germany.
⁷ Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany dobrindt@uni-muenster.de.

Abstract

The bovine gastrointestinal tract is a natural reservoir for commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli strains with the ability to cause mastitis. Here, we report the whole-genome sequences of six E. coli isolates from acute mastitis cases and six E. coli isolates from the feces of udder-healthy cows.